Re: Gnome Status Report

[raster redhat com]

On 17 Mar, Elliot Lee shouted:
->  
->  gnome-graphics:
->  	ee 8
->  		It's imlib's fault more than ee's, but it doesn't display
->  		some .xpm's (i.e. mc/icons/mail.xpm). Despite raster's 
->  		protests about how xpm's are broken, someone needs to look
->  		at the problem and fix it so ee can be a true xv replacement ;-)

actualyl xv screws up that xpm - it laods but looks liek garbage.. :)
this is a result of the ambigous nature of the XPM format... there is
no single method of interpreting it. all methdos end up at dead ends
int he end.. no one method is better than any other.

->  		Also IMHO the GUI needs to be a little more straight-forward
->  		and obvious - putting things in four different windows
->  		doesn't make sense.

leave that all to me.. I'm back on ee's case.. i'm re-wrting it. It
will have a much nicer GUI.

->  		<Agreed, and it should not be using a Raster-mini-font,
->  		as it is difficult to read.>
->  
->  	ghost-gnome 0.
->  		Anyone working on this?
->  
->  		<Completely dead right now.>
->  		I might have a go at it.
->  
->  gnome-network
->  	gmailman 3.
->  		Displays a basic interface and allows editing, but
->  		doesn't perform its primary purpose (yet! :)
->  
->  	girc 4.
->  		Works, and the back-end is there and largely debugged
->  		(hah!) but needs a lot of UI work and all-around
->  		solidifying.
->  
->  	gnome-ppp 3.
->  		Displays a UI but (apparently) does nothing
->  
->  	gnometalk 0.
->  		Doesn't compile here...
->  
->  		<Should be phased out in favor of gnu/talk>
->  
->  
->  gnome-objc
->  	obgtk is slightly lagged behind. obgnome is an
->  	"only what we need" wrapper of libgnome(ui). Bored ObjC
->  	programmers welcome in both places.
->  
->  <File manager: approaching very quickly "release" status.>
->  
->  All apps still need:
->  	Session manager support - possibly integrated with the
->  	configuration routines in each app?
->  
->  	Get an easy-to-use (for both coders & users) context-sensitive
->  	help setup.
->  
->  	Things that non-coders can do:
->  		Documentation! Even if you can't write well,
->  		having a little documentation is better than none at all.
->  
->  		Testing testing testing! Find a bug and send it to
->  		gnome-list with [BUG] in the subject, and it will make
->  		everyone's life easier.
->  
->  		Learn to code. ;-)
->  
->  Hope this helps,
->  -- Elliot					http://www.redhat.com/
->  Chicken Little was right.
->  
->  

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