Post by George on Jun 15, 2014 13:27:31 GMT -5
I just completed trying out SPFLite on a Ubuntu install, running under Wine. For a total Linux / Wine newbie, it actually went fairly well. I had to make a minor change to SPFLite in the Keyboard hook as the keyboard was 'dead' whenever SPFLite popped up a separate dialogue box.
It has mostly solved the problem, but it sometimes still takes a bit of kicking the tires to make the pop-ups respond. e.g. highlight existing text in a text box and delete it, THEN normal Bksp, enter, text keys etc will work. This needs some work, obviously, but I think the assistance of some more knowledgable Linux / Wine people will be needed as I'm really lost.
The editor itself and File Manager all seem to work fine. There are some empty Status line boxes, but I'm guessing that's because some of them are Userdrawn and I'd bet Wine doesn't support that.
Overall though it seems very workable, but it really needs a lot more checking out by some real Linux people.
If anyone is interested, contact me. The current production version available on the SPFLite web site is NOT really usable. I can provide you with a better trial version.
George
It has mostly solved the problem, but it sometimes still takes a bit of kicking the tires to make the pop-ups respond. e.g. highlight existing text in a text box and delete it, THEN normal Bksp, enter, text keys etc will work. This needs some work, obviously, but I think the assistance of some more knowledgable Linux / Wine people will be needed as I'm really lost.
The editor itself and File Manager all seem to work fine. There are some empty Status line boxes, but I'm guessing that's because some of them are Userdrawn and I'd bet Wine doesn't support that.
Overall though it seems very workable, but it really needs a lot more checking out by some real Linux people.
If anyone is interested, contact me. The current production version available on the SPFLite web site is NOT really usable. I can provide you with a better trial version.
George
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