Re: RFC: new vertical layout engine

[Carl D. Sorensen]

On 6/15/09 2:37 PM, "Jonathan Kulp" <address@hidden> wrote:

> Joe Neeman wrote:
>> I've started working on a new system for doing vertical layout in one
>> pass (ie. positioning and stretching the systems simultaneously). This
>> should give better default behaviour than the current code and it should
>> also allow easier and more useful overrides. I plan to merge the code
>> after 2.14 is released, so it should appear in the 2.16 stable version.
>> The code is currently in the dev/jneeman git branch. It basically works
>> (I hope), but it is missing a lot of previously existing functionality.
> 
> Thanks so much for working on this, Joe!  I'd like to try it out,
> but I've never dealt with other branches of the source code.  Can
> I have this branch exist alongside the master branch, and compile
> it separately, creating a different binary that includes your new
> stuff?  I could also set up a new virtual machine and just get
> your code without the master.
> 
> Jon
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> Jonathan Kulp
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> 
> 
jon, 

you can checkout any branch you want, build it, and work with it.

Carl