Zim-desktop-wiki: Port zim to Gtk3 and Python3

[jaap-karssenberg]

For future proofing we need to move to Gtk3 and to Python3

See project 1 (https://github.com/jaap-karssenberg/zim-desktop-wiki/projects/1) with refactoring actions to clean up the code base

Intermediate steps

• [x] Move to the gi library instead of pygtk - go to Gtk3
  
  
  
  • [x] Ensure full test coverage of Gtk interfaces to find regressions !
  
  
• [x] Within python 2.7 create a python 3 ready code base -- keep this branch alive to allow python2 releases with fixes if needed
• [x] Move to python 3
  
  
  
  • [ ] Manual testing of all parts not covered by test suite !
  
  
• [ ] Remove deprecated Gtk widgets

Once this is completed we could support a more Gnome3 consistent interface (optional, keep classic interface for Windows and other desktops)

[genodeftest]

For porting to gi, there is a script named pygi-convert.sh in the PyGObject repo.

[mehdisadeghi]

Let's do this, I can help!

[jaap-karssenberg]

Converting to gi now, may take till after the x-mas holiday to publish it (watch the next branch)

Once the big step is done, definitely could use help testing and cleaning up remaining issues

[jaap-karssenberg]

See also https://github.com/jaap-karssenberg/zim-desktop-wiki/wiki/Planning

[genodeftest]

@jaap-karssenberg wrote:

Once the big step is done, definitely could use help testing and cleaning up remaining issues

Just leave a note here once its ready to test and I'm happy to help.

[muguu]

Just wondering, if you are planning to use gtk.builder and glade?

[jaap-karssenberg]

Ongoing, see branch "next"

[jaap-karssenberg]

@muguu: no first want to port what we have, rewriting bits using Gtk.Builder can be done later, but is additional work not needed now

[jaap-karssenberg]

Closing this bug and opening separate bugs per porting issue

[mystyc]

Does the Zim-Next branch use the 32-bit or the 64-bit version of python3?

On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 2:27 PM, Jaap Karssenberg [e-mail]
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Closing this bug and opening separate bugs per porting issue

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@mystyc as far as I'm aware any version of python3 should work, I provided
sources only, no compiled libraries
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Does the Zim-Next branch use the 32-bit or the 64-bit version of python3?

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[genodeftest]

The next branch works nicely for me. There is only one issue I've seen so far: The ToC widget (zim.plugins.tableofcontents.FloatingToC) is too small, rendering it hard to read. Should I open a separate bug report for that?

[genodeftest]

Answering my previous comment: This is already reported as #328.