Rob Oakes wrote: > Hi Peter, > >> After some problems with bazaar (it's much to slow: bzr branch never ends) >> I've managed to get the code with >> bzr checkout --lightweight lp:lyx-outline >> But I'm not sure if this is the right code because it stops compiling > > That was probably a good idea. > > The original plan was to create the bzr branch and then merge back into LyX > once things are working and mostly stable. In order to do that, I had to > clone the entire LyX SVN repository, with all commits (which number into the > tens of thousands). When you use: > > bzr branch lP;lyx-outline > > you get all of the history, which weighs in at about ~550 mb. It takes > forever to download. After that first initial checkout, though, it can be > very nice to have the entire revision history on hand.
Ah, I stopped after downloading 100MB. > >> After a first glance on the code I wonder about your reasons not to >> use QGraphicsView? Wasn't it supported by PyQt? > > There isn't a really good answer to that particular question. The Corkboard > class was written last summer as part of the initial python prototype. At > the time, QGraphicsView wasn't supported very well by PyQt and would have > required a great deal of tinkering to work. Because I knew that I would > eventually come back and rework everything in C++, I figured I would do most > of the reworking at that time. And I'm just now starting to get the point > where I'm taking a serious look at the Corkboard code again. I understand. I've build it under Windows, but couldn't do anything in the corkboard, only showing the existing titles. Is there any special to add a new item on the corkboard? > > Cheers, > > Rob > > PS, if you'd like, I can add you to those with commit rights to the bzr > repository, though it's just a temporary thing until I get something worked > out that is stable enough to merge with LyX SVN (right now, I'm planning for > sometime after 2.0 is released). Thanks, but I fear I've not much time ATM to work on it. Peter
