Re: Windows backend : questions and answers

[Xavier Glattard]

Nicola Pero <nicola.pero <at> meta-innovation.com> writes:

> >> - in my patch handlesWindowDecoration (like X11?) and  
> >> usesSystemTaskbar are
> >>   set by default : do you agree with these choices ?
> >
> > Yes but ... I expect the person who added the application preferences  
> > panel did so because people want a variety of behaviors ... so I  
> > think that removing that panel without providing a better alternative  
> > is a mistake. Unfortunately I don't know what the better alternative  
> > is.
> 
> We could move it to the System Preferences application. 

A Windows installation system has been discussed many times here...
Wouldn't it be an other good place to move this preference panel to ?

> The System Preferences compiles and runs on Windows, except for the
> 'Fonts' module which contains a category of a non-existing class (well,
> non-existing when the 'Fonts' module is compiled) which the compiler
> barfs on.

It's weird : the Fonts module try to add a category to a class it has not access
to : already build but defined in an application...

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