Subject: Re: AbiWord 0.7.10
From: sam th (sam@uchicago.edu)
Date: Fri Jun 16 2000 - 00:16:53 CDT
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On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Robert Sievers wrote:
> At 01:14 PM 6/16/00 +1000, Martin Sevior wrote:
> >> Unfortunately, this is incorrect. The windows version of this dialog was
> >> written about 24 hours after the unix version was committed. (on 2/29,
> >> according to bonsai). The QNX version was committed on 3/8. There are no
> >> versions for BeOS or Mac.
> >>
> >
> >Nobody updated the Windows front end to make it modeless. I guess they
> >(the SourceGear guys) left it out of the Windows 0.7.10 along with goto.
>
> Well, I have to view this from a users point of view. In the non-debug
> build, on Windows, when you select Word count, nothing happens. I know
> work has been done to code it, but until somebody completes the work to
> make it visible, let it get tested, and fix whatever problems arise, it
> isn't done.
Is this new? I was sure that it went into 0.7.9 Win32, but I only
occsionally dig out wine to check the win32 builds. Did this happen when
XP went modeless?
>
>
> >I don't mean to nitpick Bob who has been working his butt off for the last
> >week but we should all remember hj's significant contributions to get xim
> >going and his work to get a single cursor in only the active frame. The
> >Modeless code built off his work (and it was a real lot of code).
>
> Yes, this was an oversight on my part. Trying to put six weeks of
> jam-packed commits into a 1 1/2 page document is delicate, and I usually
> don't give everyone the credit they deserve.
We all very much appreciate your hard work, on this and everything
else. You don't get nearly enough credit.
sam th
sam@uchicago.edu
http://www.abisource.com/~sam/
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