[bmn__]

I have carefully set up my desktop environment the way I like it, specifically the way menus are displayed, colours, fonts, icons, keyboard shortcuts, notifications. Ecode does not even make a single attempt to adhere which was not acceptable when Winamp came out and certainly not acceptable in 2023. I have to strain to read the text because it's so small and I have no recourse against that problem. Stop "skinning" software, it is literally easier to do nothing and then the software will automatically do the correct thing and follow the rules.

When I paste in text, it only shows squares, afaict only a few scripts like Latin or Cyrillic work. The input method editor does not work correctly, I can't see what I'm typing.

Unusable, into the rubbish bin it goes.

[SpartanJ]

Author here: Besides the fact that you were very rude with your comment I'll give you my point of view.

> I have carefully set up my desktop environment the way I like it, specifically the way menus are displayed, colours, fonts, icons, keyboard shortcuts, notifications. Ecode does not even make a single attempt to adhere which was not acceptable when Winamp came out and certainly not acceptable in 2023.

I understand what you want, but it's not an easy task I it's not something I care anymore. It's technically possible to create a theme that looks almost exactly like anyone's desktop but I don't think it is worth it. eepp, the underlying technology behind ecode is more like HTML+CSS. All the styling is done via CSS and the layouting with XML, and it's more similar to the web technology than native desktop widgets (such thing stopped to be a thing in every OS except macOS).

> Stop "skinning" software, it is literally easier to do nothing and then the software will automatically do the correct thing and follow the rules.

Then you don't understand the problem.

> When I paste in text, it only shows squares, afaict only a few scripts like Latin or Cyrillic work.

The README file clarifies this. For the moment I don't support wide-characters (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc) and the editor only supports UTF-8. I'll add support for it at some point. Wide-characters are only supported in the terminal for the moment.

> The input method editor does not work correctly, I can't see what I'm typing.

I guess you're referring to IME support. It's still pending.

> Unusable, into the rubbish bin it goes.

I have no problem with critics, but this is not the way to have a conversation about an open-source application. At least take the time to read the README and understand that this is work in progress. Such comments like yours are a waste of time.

[btown]

Just jumping in to say that you sound like an amazing maintainer and a really great person, for responding so constructively to something so toxic. Building one's own UI engine is not for the faint of heart, and the amount of features and cross-platform compatibility you've built is quite a feat! I'll be following the project, and don't let comments like this one get you down.

[SpartanJ]

Thank you for the support! I really appreciate it!

[masterof0]

You made a very nice editor, dismiss that clown. You are clearly also a great person. Do you have a channel for us to provide feedback or interact with the community? like a Matrix server, or should we just open issues in your repo?.

[SpartanJ]

Thank you for your kind words! Almost no one knew the project until some hours ago so there was no community to communicate with, there's nothing available for the moment. I would love to have a place to chat if people is interested in the project. As for now, just open new issues, we can use that for feature requests, ideas, and of course bug reports.

[E39M5S62]

There's no need to be that dismissive and rude.