skyjake @jk@skyjake.fi

Managed to get context menus working via NSMenu on macOS. It did need a minor tweak in SDL to make it realize the right mouse button has been released after the menu goes away.

A first step toward multiple windows in #Lagrange: popup menus that live outside the main window.

On Mac/Windows it makes more sense to use native menus for this, but everywhere else a platform-agnostic method is needed, and this one is purely based on SDL-managed borderless windows.

I've updated the #Lagrange iOS TestFlight build with a bunch of useful improvements:

gemini://skyjake.fi/gemlog/2021-09_testflight-22.gmi

Most of the changes here are focused on making the UI more consistent and well-behaved throughout the app.

This build also contains a few upcoming v1.7 features: optimized widget drawing, identity selection in Upload dialog, and an image colorization setting.

✈️ https://testflight.apple.com/join/UjdtSEhu

This morning I was puzzled by all hostname lookups failing in Lagrange on my phone. Could it be an iOS beta thing? Maybe my router needs rebooting? But everything else works...?

After half an hour of troubleshooting I remembered I had been testing input widget changes the night before. 🤦‍♂️

The mobile version of Lagrange was in a bit of a cul-de-sac over the summer as I was struggling with my chosen approach of trying to “simply” reorganize the desktop dialogs into a different layout.

It wasn’t simple and it didn’t produce good results.

Now that I’ve thrown that piece of code in the trash, I’m making swift progress again and things are more straightforward.

It’s important to abandon the fruitless paths and to try something else, despite sunk costs.

Major updates to Lagrange have been coming in at a bit slower pace over the past few months. Looking forward to some serious coding in the future.

gemini://skyjake.fi/gemlog/2021-09_slowing-pace.gmi

#Lagrange v1.6.5 is available:

https://github.com/skyjake/lagrange/releases/tag/v1.6.5

Various minor bug fixes this time. Worth mentioning is the KMSDRM fix, so one can run the app in a console outside X11 and Wayland. (Tested on Raspberry Pi 400.)

#Gemini

There's been a little pause on this but I'm still working on my small Emoji font. Here's today's glyph: A turkey!

https://codeberg.org/skyjake/smol-emoji

The Emoji test page in Lagrange shows full coverage up to Unicode 7. The turkey is part of Unicode 8 (about halfway done).

Note: Lagrange uses Noto Emoji/Symbol fonts as well.

This week's #Lagrange patch is out:

https://github.com/skyjake/lagrange/releases/tag/v1.6.4

v1.6.4 fixes of a mix of old and new issues, including a few found on OpenBSD. I also added detection of UTF-8 text when opening local files, so it isn't restricted to known file extensions.

#Gemini

@ainent Thanks, this clarifies it!

Looks like the DPI is fine as-is. The UI is using the desktop layout, which is not surprising because the mobile layout is hardcoded to be used on iOS only. There might also be an unnecessary minimum window size that causes the right side of the UI to be out of bounds.

I'll add a build option for the mobile layout. It is much better for small screens.

#Lagrange v1.6.3:

https://github.com/skyjake/lagrange/releases/tag/v1.6.3

I continued improving text input fields, and fixed a long-standing issue with delayed refresh after activating split view mode. Also fixed a possible hang if server doesn't respond before the connection is closed.

Built with SDL 2.0.16 for Windows and Mac.

#Gemini

SDL 2.0.16 seems to address the issue #Lagrange has been having with high CPU usage while waiting for events. Looking forward to test this!

The improved Wayland support sounds great, too.

I also note that on Windows there's a way to observe all window messages, which might allow improving the native app behaviors.

https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/sdl-2-0-16-released/32471

Oh my... 😍 #amiga

https://retrogames.biz/thea500-mini

Released #Lagrange v1.6.2:

https://github.com/skyjake/lagrange/releases/tag/v1.6.2

Slightly bigger patch this time:
* text input UX improvements
* fixed more input widget regressions
* improving UI drawing related to buffered visuals
* added `--tab-url`

#Gemini

Gemlogging using Lagrange to test upcoming fixes for v1.6.2:

gemini://skyjake.fi/gemlog/2021-08_think-in-writing.gmi

> I'm currently downloading IE 5.0. This is fantastic.

1999 was a different time... 🙄