Re: Gnumeric 1.12 released

[Andres Kuusk <andres to ee>]

Wed, 18 Sep 2013, Allin Cottrell:

> > > why 1.12.0, btw?  If you're compiling yourself, you might as well grab the
> > > latest 1.12.x which currenly is 1.12.7.
> >
> > Too much package requirements not met in openSUSE-12.3:
> > libgoffice-0.10 >= 0.10.3
> > libgsf-1        >= 1.14.24
> > libxml-2.0      >= 2.4.12
> > gtk+-3.0        >= 3.2.0
> >
> > All these packages are installed, however version numbers a too low.
>
> That's actually hard to believe -- apart from the libgoffice version, which 
> keeps in step with gnumeric and which you'd want to build yourself if you're 
> building gnumeric, and perhaps libgsf, which falls in more or less the same 
> category.
>
> libxml-2.0 version 2.4.12 and gtk+-3.0 version 3.2.0 are both truly ancient 
> and openSUSE 12.3 was released in March of this year.

Repositories enabled:
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/12.3/repo/oss/openSUSE-12.3-1.7
http://download.opensuse.org/update/12.3/openSUSE-12.3-Update

> > libgoffice-0.10 >= 0.10.3
> > libgsf-1        >= 1.14.24
> > libxml-2.0      >= 2.4.12
> > gtk+-3.0        >= 3.2.0


libgoffice-0.10 installed 0.10.0-2.1.1, available 0.10.0-2.1.1
libgsf-1 installed 1.14.25-2.1.1, available 1.14.25-2.1.1
libxml-2.0 installed 2.9.90-2.17.1, available 2.9.0-2.17.1
gtk3 staff installed are 3.6.4-2.1.1,


The output of
./configure --prefix=/usr, ver. 1.12.7:

checking for LIBSPREADSHEET... no
configure: error: Package requirements (
        libgoffice-0.10 >= 0.10.3
        libgsf-1                >= 1.14.24
        libxml-2.0              >= 2.4.12
        gtk+-3.0                >= 3.2.0
) were not met:

Requested 'libgoffice-0.10 >= 0.10.3' but version of libGOffice is 0.10.0

# which pkg-config
/usr/bin/pkg-config


Obviously the configure stopped after the first missing package and just 
reported other dependencies required. I am sorry, I misunderstood the 
configure output.


If I compile 1.12.0 without perl and python then closing windows is faster 
but still slow. Maybe faster because I just opened and closed several 
windows of a single sheet, no changes in sheets.


I always wonder why new GUIs of applications waste so much screen space 
for decorations, icons, toolbars. I work on a 22" monitor in 1680x1050 
mode and 2048x1536 virtual screen - I need the screen space for my data. I 
looked around in *.h files but couldn't find where are defined the toolbar 
height and default cell dimensions. I close all toolbars but creating a 
new sheet the first thing is to modify cell size in order to decrease the 
wasted space on my screen. If I open 10-15-20 separate windows, large 
decorations and empty space of windows (large icons, semi-empty toolbars 
and status-bar, large semi-empty cells) leave no space for my data - I 
have to move around on my sheets using scrollbars.


A.