Re: [Gretl-devel] gretl-quartz, take 3
On 30-03-2013, at 17:44, Allin Cottrell <cottrell(a)wfu.edu> wrote:
On Fri, 29 Mar 2013, Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Mar 2013, Berend Hasselman wrote:
>
>> It's a significant achievement to have come so far.
>>
>> It would be really nice if the mac integration could be pushed further.
>> With the keyboard control that I have mentioned in previous posts. It looks
>> like you have done all that is possible so maybe some advice from gtk-osx
>> people can shed some light on how to proceed.
>
> IMHO setting the look and feel of the Mac version "right" would warrant by
> itself a new release, considering the growing popularity of the platform (OSX
> accounts for about 1/6 of downloads currently, with much higher peaks in some
> countries like the US or France).
I agree, but there's still some way to go; and getting the
remaining stuff right will probably have to involve fixes in
the gtk-mac-integration library, which we're relying upon for
the top-of-screen menu functionality.
Recently a completely native Quartz build of Gimp 2.8.4 was released
(http://gimp.lisanet.de/Website/News/Eintrage/2013/3/21_GIMP_2.8.4_release...).
It uses a Mac version of GTK.
It has the menu at the top of the screen and lots of Mac keyboard shortcuts.
I tested if Control+F2 would activate the application's menu.
No.
I have reported this to the developer and received the reply
"Hhmm, you're right. The keyboard shortcut does not work, so sadly, that's
one more drawback of a native build. Sorry. I'll try to find a solution for this
issue…"
First letter navigation in the menu works.
It would seem a good idea to keep in touch with the developer of the Mac native Gimp to
see if she is able to find a solution.
The email address is on the support page of the site
(http://gimp.lisanet.de/Website/Support.html) in obfuscated form.
Berend