Re: [XForms] How to proceed?

[Serge Bromow]

Hi Jens,

    I agree with previous posts that the new changes are welcome 
enhancements. We will collectively work out the bugs as we have done in 
the past.  As you note yourself without these changes I fear Xforms 
would become a moribund API over time.

Indeed adding the;

#if ! FL_ENABLE_XFT
    setenv( "LC_CTYPE", "invalid", 1 );
#endif

is a small task for those who prefer to use the built in X11 fonts 
without burdening you with the maintenance effort required to support 
multiple branches. I will use it for my programs until I find time to 
tweak each screen.

I say "FULL STEAM AHEAD"! (hope the fog breaks soon)

And finally, I tip my hat to you Jens for all your work and initiative 
in moving xforms into the 21st Century and making all of our work better.

Cheers,

Serge

On 07/25/2014 12:33 PM, Jens Thoms Toerring wrote:
> Hi,
>
>     the new development versions, using true/open type fonts
> as well as supporting UTF-8, have been available for some
> time now and, while they're not yet perfect, I think they
> (or at least the newer ones) are mostly usable.
>
>     I hope that you've made up your mind if the new features
> are a good thing to have or not. My question to you is: would
> you consider them as something that makes XForms a better (or
> at least more useful) library? Or would you say that they are
> not worth getting included or are even breaking too many things,
> making the new version unusable for your purposes? I know that
> there are issues due to texts being a bit wider with the new
> fonts, which might break UIs of existing programs, which, ad-
> mittedly, can be a PITA...
>
>     As it's definitely not my intention to force a version onto
> you that many consider to be too disruptive or just simply un-
> necessary, I'd like to ask you for a bit of feedback on how you
> feel about it. That will help me decide if I should spend more
> time on it or better stop. So, please, let me know what your
> thoughts are!
>                            Best regards, Jens