Re: rtf parsing

[Alexander Malmberg]

Fred Kiefer wrote:
[snip]
> It would be great if somebody took over the responsibility for the RTF
> parser and came up with a better implementation. But I don't see this as
> a high priority issue.

OK. I'll probably have a closer look at it soon.

> Currently the rest of the text system needs more
> attention. This must be sorted out for the next release of GNUstep,
> while the RTF parser is bad enough to work.



> BTW, talking about the text system, is there a specific reason why you
> did remove the code for ruler markers in NSLayoutManager? This now leads
> to a crash when switching on rulers in Ink. This problem also doesn't
> have the highest priority, I just never did understand the background.
> 
> If there is any way, I could help to improve the text system let me
> know. Although we still have different positions on a few minor issues
> (I still thing merging GSLayoutManager and NSLayoutManger would be a
> good thing and I would also prefer to keep changes that break current
> code to a minimum), I think that your rework was the best thing that
> ever happend to the text system and would like to contribute to make it
> faster again.
> 
> Cheers
> Fred