Re: [Sheflug] Java IDE

[Will Newton <nospam [at] misconception.org.uk>]

On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

> It is _not_ a release.  It is too buggy (full of core dumps and race
> conditions) to be called a release.  By Emacs standards[1], that is.
> But no modern Linux distro is complete without a few gotchas of that
> sort, is it?

There is a nice cut'n'paste bug. It doesn't work from the menu. :)
No core dumps so far. I make sure not to do anything critical with it,
I've still got good 'ol Emacs 20 if need be.
 
> It also completely lacks features requiring GTK+ (unless Red Hat is
> holding out on us)---except for the useless floating toolbars.  (As of
> a month ago, the menubar was still native XEmacs homebrew; has Bill
> fixed that, yet?)

It all looks GTKified now. scrollbar, menubar, toolbar.

> I'm not surprised that Red Hat made it their default.  As it stands,
> as a product it is _pure_ flash 'n' trash.  What was that you were
> saying about "shocking" lack of content, José?

I was rather suprised. I built the RPM bleary-eyed the other night and
there when I ran it was GTK. :)

Could someone elaborate or point me to a discussion of this fabled GTK bug
that only allows "one console at a time"?


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