From 41aedeb376146f29ea967616c4cbe21123e48377 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wynn Wolf Arbor Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 20:41:55 +0200 Subject: Add TODO item regarding VTE and GtkScrolledWindow --- TODO | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index 110010d..483d1c8 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -10,3 +10,20 @@ removed from weltschmerz too. See: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/merge_requests/766 + +- Upstream VTE indicates [1] [2] [3] that VteTerminal is incompatible with + GtkScrolledWindow. weltschmerz has been using the latter since its launch, + but has yet to run into any problem with it. Depending on how GTK/VTE will + handle outstanding issues [4] [5], we might have to take action in the + future. Bug reports or comments regarding this are appreciated. + + Note: A cursory check revealed that at least one other VTE-based emulator, + terminator, seems to be using GtkScrolledWindow as well. According to [2], an + implementation for gnome-terminal is planned too, but work seems to have + stalled. + + [1] https://developer.gnome.org/vte/unstable/VteTerminal.html (see #Description) + [2] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vte/issues/11#note_264921 + [3] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=733210#c2 + [4] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vte/-/issues/183 + [5] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vte/-/issues/234 -- cgit v1.2.3-2-gb3c3