[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 124044] KDE5 VCL may require a little more cooking for wide consumption (at least on impress)

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=124044

--- Comment #2 from Katarina Behrens (CIB) <Katarina.Behrens at cib.de> ---
Hullo, 

> Hope that nobody gets offended by this report, it is not my intention and I
> truly hope that I do not get misunderstood.

Even if nobody said 'you people suck and your KDE5 code sucks' I'm so offended
and I'm going to cry into my flowery pillow :D

Just kidding

> As LibO is getting to its 6.2.2 release, it looks like in a short time LibO
> 6.2 will stop being "fresh" and shall get promoted to "still", unless the
> KDE5 VCL can receive fixes for most of its little problems, I expect that by
> that time all those KDE5 users who are not expert enough to use the SAL
> environment variables to force usage of other VCLs may get a little in
> trouble or at best confused.

In general any X.Y.2 LibO isn't for faint-hearted or even production-ready, 
this is made abundantly clear all over the place so users who don't want to get
confused should stick to Still version. It was no different when gtk3 plugin
was new, fwiw

In other words, it is bit too early to panic. If it is this broken some 4-5
months down the road, let's talk again.

> As you probably know, the most relevant issues are:
> - Weird "scrollbar" screen appearing when starting presentations

FWIW I fixed this one

> - Weird behavior of the mouse/keyboard in some conditions
> And most important
> - Sudden inability to perform some actions (for instance, I've decided
> myself to write this report while trying to edit a presentation, I have a
> line selected, but there is no way to erase it pressing DEL)

Never heard of those two, please file a ticket

> My intention here is not to reiterate these issues (that have probably
> already been reported), rather to submit the following suggestions
> 
> 1) Please, consider keeping around the KDE4 VCL for one more release (do not
> remove it in 6.3)

Nope. If anything, gtk3_kde5 should be the default.

> 2) Please, provide an easier way to configure the VCL than the
> SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN environment variable. For instance, the "Advanced" option
> tab could include a "Use conservative view module" option when significant
> changes in VCLs are introduced.

... and with that, kde5 could be hidden behind experimental features. But from
what you've written, it doesn't look like anything of that will be necessary,
those issues you describe don't look terribly complex or difficult to fix ?

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