Accursed backdrop

[Richmond]

On 26/05/15 19:10, Richard Gaskin wrote:
> Mark Wieder wrote:
>> On 05/25/2015 10:57 PM, Richmond wrote:
>>
>>> This is a load of #$%^@& and needs to be sorted out:
>>
>> Agreed. I actually hadn't played with the backdrop on linux in 7x
>> before. I got the same results as you, with the exception that I was
>> using two monitors, so I brought up a terminal prompt in the second
>> window and killed the process.
>
> Ironically, last time I demo'd LC at a conference I had to run my 
> presentation using a much older version because I make all my slide 
> shows in LC and the current version has serious problems with 
> fullscreen on Linux #14638 and 14640).
>
> And option control labels become unreadable once they get focus (#11676).
>
> And we're unable to copy or paste styled text with other apps (#13197 
> and 14416), or when the Clipboard is too large (#13566).
>
> And sometimes the answer dialog opens behind other stacks, not seen by 
> the user and causing confusion when nothing can be interacted with 
> (#13888).
>
> And....
>
> I can appreciate the business case for focusing on urgent Xcode 
> compatibility issues recently, resulting in several "Stable" releases 
> that may be stable on Mac for iOS deployment but with enough 
> outstanding issues on Linux that for a great many apps we're unable to 
> ship professional work on that platform.
>
> It would be nice if iOS could settle down enough to let the team 
> deliver a "Stable" build for Linux too.
>
> Several members of the engine team have done outstanding work on the 
> Linux engine, notably Ali, Peter, and Mark when he has time, and 
> Fraser's GDK integration and other efforts have been a godsend.
>
> But it seems they've had so many other priorities that they haven't 
> been allocated the time to bring the same level of fit-and-finish to 
> Linux as they do for Mac.
>
> I would welcome that as one of the goals for LC 7.0.6, at least for 
> the top dozen or so most critical issues that prevent professional 
> work on Linux.

I would be interested to know how many of these problems/show-stoppers 
are confined to Linux.

Richmond.

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