Re: [ox-en] writings on the problems of standardisation of Open Source software ?
- From: Thomas Uwe Gruettmueller <sloyment gmx.net>
- Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 10:45:52 +0200
Hi
On Friday, 31. May 2002 05:25, joy wrote:
On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 04:05:47AM [PHONE NUMBER REMOVED], Zeljko Blace wrote:
Does anyone know a good essay/txt on the subject of
non-standar/toomany standards development in OpenSource?
<fl>www.microsoft.com ;o)</fl>
OK, seriously, there are some issues that are a horror for a
newbee, especially
* to compile the kernel yourself (I have to do that on my new
laptop -- argh!) However, this is a problem of non-standard
hardware, not software!
* to install the system (but that is also not a question of
standards)
...
Actually, free software is known for following standards. Are
there any examples where it does not?
about copy-and-past:
there is 'good' crossplatform copy-and-paste in linux since
the beginning of linux or the beginning of x i guess. just
use: left mouse-button to mark, middle mouse-button to paste
:) it works with almost all x-applications
There is also a newer standard (used by Gnome and KDE3), using
Cut/Copy/Paste menus (like Windows and Macintosh apps have), and
a separate buffer. However, there is no incompatibility
involved, because all programs I know also offer the way you
described above.
The only incompatibility I am aware of is the one between KDE
(version < 3) and Gnome when a user uses the Cut/Copy/Paste
menus, exclusively.
Have a look at www.freedesktop.org which tries to standardize
things.
BTW: Meanwhile, Drag and Drop works perfectly between KDE apps
(e.g. Konqueror), Gnome apps (e.g. gmc) and others (e.g. icewm).
cu,
Thomas
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