RunRev Script Editor and Linux

[J. Landman Gay]

Peter wrote:
>> Tell me, why is there no custom version of gedit for each individual
>> distribution? Or Python?   This is a crazy idea.

I think you're wrong, or else everyone else is crazy too. From Wikipedia:

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Common practice in Linux and open source in general is to configure 
compiler and library packages so that compiled binaries will be tied to 
a specific version of the package. For example, the same source code may 
successfully compile with two different versions of glibc, but each 
resulting binary will be tied to the respective version of glibc. 
Therefore, a binary compiled on a given Linux machine will typically 
only be compatible with the specific version of the specific 
distribution that is running on that machine. As a result, distributions 
and third parties maintain extensive repositories with many compilations 
of the same source code in order to provide users of different 
distributions with access to binaries that will work on their machines.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Windows_and_Linux>
***

 From the Ubuntu page:

Before release, packages are imported from Debian Unstable continuously 
and merged with Ubuntu-specific modifications. A month before release, 
imports are frozen, and packagers then work to ensure that the frozen 
features interoperate well together.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_%28operating_system%29>
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Rev, unlike single-purpose applications, has to touch virtually every 
aspect of the OS. It works very closely with it. Rev contains a subset 
of the features in almost every app you own -- image editing, web 
integration, monitor and hardware interaction, text and unicode display, 
menu and window manipulation, and much more. When you think of all the 
variations it will encounter in a Linux installation, it makes sense 
that there will be problems on systems that contain non-targeted 
software. I don't think RR is alone either; most Linux apps need to 
specify which libraries are required to run them, and they often list 
other software that is incompatible, making you choose.

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Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com