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Troy writes in with this update:
Not much status to report, other than bug fixing.
A couple of interesting notes:
- Chris is working on scrollable table row group frames
- it looks we we're going to add support for the CSS2 'fixed' property
Just one thing that might be of interest to other people:
Added a build option to the Win32 build system. If you unset MOZ_DEBUG and
set MOZ_DEBUGOPT=1, you can generate optimized binaries with debugging
information. This is insanely useful if you're trying to track down a
compiler optimization bug.
Here's Akkana's update on the status of the editor (composer):
The editor has made great strides this week.
Selection is working much better -- it crosses frame boundaries, it
highlights on all platforms (though on Linux you have to force a
repaint to see the highlighting), and there's some cut-and-paste code
in place though that's not fully implemented yet. Of course, there's
plenty left to do to get selection working solidly.
Better yet, editor mode works now! You can type in, and it inserts the
new characters approximately where the selection was. (There are still
some glitches in exactly where the new text gets inserted, but those
will be ironed out soon.) And deletion is working now, too -- backspace
or delete will delete the current selection from the document. There
are also some temporary shortcut keys hooked up to test other editor
transactions besides Insert and Delete, e.g. TAB widens the columns of
the first table in the document, INSERT inserts an HR at the beginning
of the document, etc. We'll try to document these in a page on the
mozilla editor web site, but they're subject to frequent change so
don't count on up-to-date documentation on shortcut keys.
The editor UI team has also been hard at work working on some initial
designs for editor dialogs and xpfe requirements, to be posted for
public comment and discussion to our site at
http://www.mozilla.org/editor/ as soon as the author works out some
glitches in the Windows document checkin procedure. Watch the web site
for them, or watch netscape.public.mozilla.editor for updates when
these documents get checked in.
Suresh Duddi and Gagan Saksena have this Netlib update:
Pluggable protocols:
Stage 1 of pluggable protocols is complete. Mail
folks have plugged in a sample IMAP protocol hander to netlib using the
ITransport Interfaces. A big first step.
http://www.mozilla.org/docs/netlib/pluggable_api.html
Project N2:
Announcing the start of project N2: an effort to cleanup
netlib. We are still defining goals and objectives for this effort. Most
like we will be cleaning up Protocol pluggability, Streams,
Converters/Decoders, removing dead/old code. Look for more details here:
http://www.mozilla.org/docs/netlib/n2-kickoff-notes.html under http://www.mozilla.org/docs/netlib/
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Highlights
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An initial version of the XUL loader is checked in, lives in the Layout
DLL, and understands the rudiments of XUL syntax. You can load and
instantiate some forms controls and nsIWidgets, including checkboxes andtoolbox/
toolbar frames, with throbber.
Lowlights
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Rod's work on nsListControlframe and the nsComboboxControlFrame is still
blocked, which puts support for frame-based Form widgets at risk for Gecko
1.0, depending on how far out that release slips. The dependencies
are well documented, the responsible parties and their managers are aware
of the situation, and are tracking it.
Accomplishments
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Got the XUL loader off the ground.
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Got the code for arbitrary nsIWidget instantiation (using the OBJECT frame)
in and working.
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Checked in the beginnings of the tree frame construction code.
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Added cut/copy/paste to Mac text area and text widgets.
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Updated Menu Spec,
D&D
Spec and Tree/Toolbar
spec.
Added requirements for Progress
Bar and Image
Button/Menu Button (buttons that execute commands or show menus/trees
when clicked).
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Made good headway on toolbars displaying, laying out children, and looking
pretty as a blockFrame.
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Worked with Browser team to create a Browser
Milestones plan with enough details to feel good about our hitting
the first two milestones, a minimal browser, and everyday dogfood.
Issues
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We are still hitting pockets of resistance to implementation and
checkins based on decisions made last week or earlier. We all have
to stop playing with dead snakes, or the project as a whole won't
be able to make progress. The time to get involved and influence a decision
is before it is made, not after someone has spent a week working on the
code and wants to check it in. Please, let's all try to keep everyone informed
and involved, so that we can make the right decisions the first time.
People
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Scott Collins will be extending his stay until the middle of February,
in order to help get the XPToolkit team firing on all cylinders.
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