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Index: wwn/interviews/interview_10.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /home/wine/lostwages/wwn/interviews/interview_10.xml,v retrieving revision 1.1 diff -u -r1.1 interview_10.xml --- wwn/interviews/interview_10.xml 22 Jul 2003 15:53:28 -0000 1.1 +++ wwn/interviews/interview_10.xml 26 Jul 2003 23:23:00 -0000 @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ </p><p> Every application developed with MS tools uses this dll (unless they take special care not to, for some reason). This includes all the MFC -apps in existence, so I'd say its pretty important for Wine to +apps in existence, so I'd say it's pretty important for Wine to provide a reasonably up to date implementation of it. Although the native dll can be redistributed, the native version may not always work better than our version, depending on what calls it makes to @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ <answer><p><i>Jon:</i> My current preference is anything undocumented. I like discovering how a piece of code works, then finding out how best to replicate its -functionality. I also like to work around the same areas since its +functionality. I also like to work around the same areas since it's satisfying to watch something move towards completion. But occasionally I randomly pick something for a change and work on that for a while. Just recently I started some OLE work which snowballed @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ <answer><p><i>Jon:</i> No, I just looked around and saw that considering how old the basic - OLE framework is, Wine's implementation looked way too imcomplete. + OLE framework is, Wine's implementation looked way too incomplete. </p></answer> <question><p><i>BV:</i> @@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ <answer><p><i>Jon:</i> For Wine hacking I'm basically a command line guy, using vim or kate as my editor. I do 99% of my work under Linux. When I'm hacking on -private projects I usually use KDevelop, its a great integrated +private projects I usually use KDevelop, it's a great integrated environment, and I'd love to see it have more customization for Winelib development so it could function as a Visual Studio replacement. @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ <answer><p><i>Jon:</i> I've been travelling in SE Asia (on holiday) for the last 3 years, -and so its hard for me to sync up. Often when I come to send my +and so it's hard for me to sync up. Often when I come to send my patches someone has modified the same files as I did, so I have to merge our work together and re-test before I can send. I usually manage to get synced every few months (my last set of patches was in @@ -219,11 +219,11 @@ </p></question> <answer><p><i>Jon:</i> -You're right, its fairly gratuitous! I figured most people do their +You're right, it's fairly gratuitous! I figured most people do their travelling later in life, and thought I should travel while still young(ish). </p><p> -Since I stopped work I travelled the UK, went to Ireland, Holland, +Since I stopped work I traveled the UK, went to Ireland, Holland, Germany, the Czeck Republic, back home to New Zealand, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand. Previously I have been through Europe and Africa. </p><p> @@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ </p></question> <answer><p><i>Jon:</i> - Yes, I am, preferably in the financial sector, since thats my + Yes, I am, preferably in the financial sector, since that's my previous experience. The industry here is huge, but the incomes are not very high. Luckily, It is cheap to live here (you can rent a small apartment for around US$150 a month, for example). @@ -254,13 +254,13 @@ <answer><p><i>Jon:</i> Thailand as a whole is a great place, with wonderful people and a fascinating (although tongue twisting) language. Thats why I'd like -to stay here a bit longer. I also really liked Prague, because its +to stay here a bit longer. I also really liked Prague, because it's charming and very lively. But given the weather here, Thailand is the clear winner! </p><p> One of the nice things about travelling is the variety of experiences and people you get to meet. But there isn't enough time here to -relate all of that. Its something thats best experienced oneself, I +relate all of that. It's something that's best experienced oneself, I think. </p></answer> @@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ </p></question> <answer><p><i>Jon:</i> -Basically its a utility dll. A whole bunch of little functions were +Basically it's a utility dll. A whole bunch of little functions were written to smooth over the differences between the various flavours of Windows that Internet Explorer ran on back when it was a standalone application. That way the developers of the application can @@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ every time they make Windows API calls. </p><p> Of the functions in this category, most relate to providing unicode -functionality. Very little of the code is Explorer specific, its just +functionality. Very little of the code is Explorer specific, it's just that Explorer makes heavy use of it because originally it was part of the Explorer application. </p></answer> @@ -345,12 +345,12 @@ </p></question> <answer><p><i>Jon:</i> -Implementing IQueryAssociations is one that stands out, as its +Implementing IQueryAssociations is one that stands out, as it's semi-documented, the framework is in place, but there's no code at all. However, the whole dll has to be done eventually, and until you -investigate what some of these calls do its hard to know if they are -related to anything else at all. So its just chipping through the -stub functions ar present. +investigate what some of these calls do it's hard to know if they are +related to anything else at all. So it's just chipping through the +stub functions at present. </p></answer> @@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ The idea of building native versions of Wine's dlls is appealing because it allows you to look 'under the hood' of what a dll is doing. You could print out all of the arguments to a function, in -much more detail than something like todays relay/snoop tracing can. +much more detail than something like today's relay/snoop tracing can. This can help understand what's happening in a live Windows system. Also it means we can create redistributable versions of native dlls, potentially usable by (for example) ReactOS or similar projects. @@ -384,12 +384,12 @@ </p><p> The changes required to the build tools will require a few iterations of arguing^H^H^H^H^H^H discussion before we have something that works -seemlessly. Some of this is just a matter of clarifying how it should +seamlessly. Some of this is just a matter of clarifying how it should be done, then there's the mechanics of making it work in a style that Alexandre will accept. </p><p> In theory, many of Wine's dlls should at least partially work under -Windows. setupx comes to mind as its a dll I've wanted to hack on for +Windows. setupx comes to mind as it's a dll I've wanted to hack on for a while now. </p></answer> @@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ <answer><p><i>Jon:</i> I followed the discussion, and I think it will need to be done, - eventually. Its a question of how best to take advantage of all the + eventually. It's a question of how best to take advantage of all the work that other free projects have been doing in this area, and to integrate it into Wine. But I don't intend to be involved in that! </p></answer> @@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ <answer><p><i>Jon:</i> I'd like to see it integrate into the user's environment seamlessly, -to be transparent. I think thats the only way people will ever +to be transparent. I think that's the only way people will ever migrate from Windows, essentially when they don't really see the difference, and everything 'just works'. When I finally get my tree synced up I may try to do some work in this area. @@ -437,10 +437,10 @@ </p></question> <answer><p><i>Jon:</i> - Its clear (and very beneficial for Wine) that CodeWeavers considers + It's clear (and very beneficial for Wine) that CodeWeavers considers this important. </p><p> -I think its Wine's job, rather than the distributors. Obviously we +I think it's Wine's job, rather than the distributors. Obviously we can't follow all the desktops, but integration with KDE and Gnome should be a goal for the project.</p></answer>
