- From: Joris van der Hoeven <address@hidden>
- To: address@hidden
- Cc: address@hidden
- Subject: Re: [TeXmacs] Cygtexmacs download corrupt?
- Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:05:59 +0200
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 04:05:27PM +0200, address@hidden wrote:
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actually the ZIP file did work, thank you. The Cygwin version is _much_
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faster than the (old) native port.
Glad to hear that.
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BTW, I've been wondering if it would be hard to separate the Texmacs
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core functionality and editor core (i.e. rendering, exporting, font &
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image handling, tabbing through alternatives) from the rest of the user
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interface, so one could implement a nicer (and more intuitive) gui.
Yes, that is one of our top priority projects for next academic year.
In fact, this contains three parts:
1) A low-level part: redesign the part which depends on X and
the low-level graphics dependencies (OpenGL? Cairo?).
Make this more portable too.
2) A high-level part: design TeXmacs markup for all possible widgets,
and most importantly, buttons, menus and scrollable widgets.
3) The interface part: redesign the top-level interface.
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I love the way I can achieve everything fast and intuitively using the
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keyboard, but the rest of the interface is somehow outdated (I'm just
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thinking of having to type "y" to answer questions instead of having
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yes/no buttons). I'm pretty sure a decent user interface with "native"
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controls would create a major boost in Texmacs popularity.
Yes.
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I've been browsing through the sources a bit, but was a bit overwhelmed,
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so maybe there is someone with a more intimate knowledge.
Sure, if you are interested to help us, then things can be discussed
on the developers list address@hidden.
Best wishes, Joris
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