[xiphos-users] Which distro should I switch to

[John Miller]

I did a fresh install from the PPA. Neither study pad nor prayer 
list/journal open in the edit window on Ubuntu 20.04. I plan to 
experiment with Fedora.

On 5/23/21 5:33 PM, Karl Kleinpaste wrote:
> On 5/23/21 6:59 PM, garywk wrote:
>> I just checked the Fedora package list and the
>> Xiphos version number in it is the same version number I have in Devuan
>> which is a descendant of Debian just like Ubuntu is.  So it would be a
>> waste to switch distros because you're going to run into the same
>> issues.
>
> The reason the stock Ubuntu release lacks the editor is because Ubuntu 
> has stopped shipping the gtkhtml packages, within which the editor is 
> implemented.
>
> There is an Ubuntu PPA 
> <https://launchpad.net/~pkgcrosswire/+archive/ubuntu/ppa> in which 
> gtkhtml is re-introduced and the studypad should be functional, 
> essentially stepping sideways around Ubuntu's lack. You can see this 
> in the releases page <https://github.com/crosswire/xiphos/releases/>. 
> Being a Fedora person, I don't experiment much in Ubuntu, and Fedora 
> still ships gtkhtml.
>
> The editor has always been a major PITA and it has been alarmingly 
> difficult for a long time to develop the motivation to re-implement it 
> elsehow. We have had discussion now and again in the devel list about 
> it, to no resolution so far. Regrets.
>
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