GTK for OLPC
This is the wiki page for the "GTK+ for OLPC" project, as a "Summer of Code" project. The student is Manu Cornet, mentor is Federico Mena-Quintero. You can find the initial goals of the project on the OLPC Google Summer of Code page.
GTK theme/engine torturer
This "gtk-theme-torturer" is an application to detect performance issues in GTK themes/engines. Basically, for each of the most common widget types, it packs an instance of it in a container, and resizes/redraws it many, many times.
The current version of gtk-theme-torturer is [here http://www.manucornet.net/pub/olpc/gtk-theme-torturer/].
Screenshot :
More widget types to come!
Various enhancements
Cursor blinking
I began with this (probably quite simple to do). The purpose is to let the cursor blink for a few seconds, then just stay on and stop blinking (affects GtkEntry and GtkTextView).
This is done by :
- Adding an XSetting called "gtk-cursor-blink-lifetime", which defaults to 5 seconds.
- Adding a timeout with the corresponding lifetime each time the code asks the cursor to begin blinking. When the timeout is over, the cursor stays on.
A first version of the patch (both for GtkEntry and GtkTreeView) is available [here http://www.manucornet.net/pub/olpc/cursor_blink_lifetime.diff].
Simulation Tools
Right now : making tests with "Xephyr" to simulate the laptop's display.
GTK+ theme engine
Right now: learning how to write a GTK engine/theme. I'll probably begin by searching whether there's an existing theme close to what we want, and I can start from there. that's easy to developed interface that made user looked to comfortable.