working towards Subsurface 2.0

[Dirk Hohndel]

"Lubomir I. Ivanov" <neolit123 at gmail.com> writes:

> hi,
>
> On 6 September 2012 22:57, Dirk Hohndel <dirk at hohndel.org> wrote:
>> - are there features that you are working on and would like to see
>>   included in 2.0?
>
> perhaps the OSX font scaling in prints should be fixed for 2.0...
> either temporary with some #ifdefs or moving to using GTK_UNITS_MM
> (_INCH) and using two different scales (prints / screen).

Has anyone created a working patch set for that? I tested the proof of
concept code but don't think I have seen something that actually
works... 

>> - someone to officially own the Windows port (ideally someone who
>>   actually, say, runs Windows and uses Subsurface under Windows).
>
> just pushed the new changes from master to the "nightly" build packages at:
> https://github.com/neolit123/subsurface_win32
> the above repository will remain "master" branch _only_ and i may also
> include the NSIS installer.

I think we really need an installer as that is what Windows users will
expect

> i won't mind maintaining the windows port, but also i would happily
> replace myself from this "position" with someone who is actually a
> diver (i.e. knows the theory / terminology) and runs windows on a
> regular basis.

the latter part is my biggest problem. I never run Windows.
I'm surprised to find out that you are not a diver... what's your
interest in Subsurface, then? :-)

>> Both of these ports are still rather rough today. They work, but they
>> aren't really completely viable products for their target OS. I have
>> been working on and off on both of them, but would love to see people
>> who are more familiar with the target OSs to get more involved and help
>> me get those ports ready.
>
> if you have anything specific in mind for windows, i can try helping out.

The app doesn't really feel like a Windows app. I know there are ways to
theme Windows/gtk apps so that they blend in better - but I have never
bothered to look into doing that. I also don't know how well the
importing from a divecomputer works, if the defaults are reasonable,
etc.

/D