[NUG] Bug Fixes (was API 2.0)

[Tim Jones]

On Mar 15, 2019, at 10:34 AM, don <don at flippingdades.com> wrote:
> 
>> Huh .....
>> there are some desktop managers on linux that simply dont work with Xojo
>> And I dont know if thats Xojos issue or the window managers
>> 
>> Its one reason they specifically list which version they support
>> Linux is just too scattered a market to be able to say "we support linux" as a general thing
>> 
>> 
> Just to finish this thread,
> I heard back from Xojo.
> They think it will be a difficult fix and since users can simply change to another operating system, it's very unlikely to be fixed.

But remember - in Linux, the Desktop Manager is not the gatekeeper, rather the underlying window manager server (X11 or Wayland with either GTK2, GTK3, or KDE/QT).  No matter what the DM depends on, you can still install GTK3 and run apps.

I've run the IDE on OSes that others have complained about on the forums that ONLY needed the installation of GTK3.  Where I have run into issues is when the DM is explicitly using the X11's Xt intrinsics (https://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.7/doc/libXt/intrinsics.html) instead of the higher level SDKs.  This means that things will "run" under a dumb DM like twm or OpenLook, but some events aren't seen (resize being a big one).

With the proper understanding, Linux can be what every you want it to be.  A distro like Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, and others are all just "dress-up" on top of the core OS Functionality.

Tim