Subject: Re: lists bug
From: Thomas Fletcher (thomasf@qnx.com)
Date: Wed Nov 22 2000 - 07:24:08 CST
On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, Mike Nordell wrote:
> Martin Sevior wrote:
>
> > Anyway, after these, are we almost there yet?
>
> Getting closer. I can now create a list and crash it in one operation, the
> bl**dy dialog seems to *only* update some stuff on timer-ticks (we _need_ to
> look that design over I think), its preview window flickers madly and every
> time I start a new list it indents the preview more and more to the point
> it's not visible anymore.
There are definitely some "flaws" with the list dialog. I think that
the internals (not the look, just the behaviour behind the scenes) can
be cleaned up enormously. I think that this is a post 0.7.12 release
job though. This is the first release with lists ... people should
think of it as a preview of things to come rather than as a polished feature.
> Besides this, and the point that I can't seem to get it to give an instant
> feedback in the preview how the list will look, and the fact that the only
> model/design I have to extract the logic from is the "flexible" GTK+ C code
> (which I after carfeul consideration have come to consider "not fit for
> human consumption"), and that I haven't really got the hang of which parent
> class methods&variables do what just yet, we're getting closer. :-)
This is the way that it is on all platforms. I think that the XP code
only updates the preview when the "m_bisCustomized" flag is set. This
is a bug in the current behaviour IMHO, but I'm waiting to fix it until
after 0.7.12. I agree with the not fit for human consumption comment,
this is mainly because the list dialog has already iterated through
one lifetime and kept some cruft from that time. You can take a look
at the QNX dialog. It isn't necessarily better, but it isn't worse =;-)
> I won't make a promise, but I'd think it's checked in within the next 24-48
> hrs. Perhaps not with _all_ the wrinkles ironed out, but I think we can put
> that in a release note.
Agreed. That is the disclaimer that I will be making with
the QNX version.
Speaking of release notes, it would be interesting to get
all of the platforms to write a "platform notes" which
could accompany the general release. Is this a good idea?
Is it worth spending time on now?
Thomas
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