Re: Plans for change....

[Adrian Robert]

On Dec 18, 2006, at 11:46 AM, Hubert Chan wrote:

> Gregory John Casamento wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > I, personally, don't see much value in auto-layout, because
> > GNUstep/OPENSTEP provides the user with a way to have a GUI for each
> > locale, so that you can specifically tailor your GUI to each, but to
> > each his own.
>
> Well, it's not just about localization.  If you change fonts, it may
> break the layout as well.

It's hard to fully cater to Linux/X-Windows everything-configurable  
mentality using a system designed for use with specified fonts  
present on every system (NeXTstep, Mac OS X).  Giving up this  
configurability may be best for compatibility with Cocoa apps and  
that style of development (WYSIWUG from IB/Gorm to user desktop).  If  
a single X backend becomes standard, we could bundle a sans-serif  
font with it that is ALWAYS used for dialogs, etc., as Lucida Grande  
on Mac OS (and Ohlfs on NeXT/OpenStep).  This would work for Latin  
text, at least, and we might be able to use Deja Vu or something like  
that for non-Latin.