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[Neil Martinsen-Burrell <nmb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2010-01-27 11:44 , Russel Winder wrote:
> I install qt4-mac and py26-pyqt4 from MacPorts and Bazaar Explorer seems
> to work fine.  Well when I say fine, I mean it works.  I am effectively
> a Mac OS X n00b so some of these may be features not problems:
>
> 1.  There is no Bazaar Explorer menu bar, the Python menu bar is
> displayed.

This is a problem with python-based GUI applications under OS X.  Until 
they are packaged as an application bundle (Something.app) then the name 
of the menu is "Python".

> 2.  The button bar along the top of the main frame has its top cut off
> by the Mac OS X title bar.

Under Preferences, selecting "icon-only" for the toolbar is a 
workaround.  Filed on Launchpad as bug 513430.

> 3.  Any action involving a new frame is horrendously slow.  Actions that
> only involve changes in a frame are generally fast enough to be no
> problem.
>
> 4.  New frames appear behind the main frame -- which is very annoying.

This is bug 417162 against bzr-explorer.  No progress on a diagnosis or 
fix, though.

> 5.  Each frame appears to be a new Python application since there is a
> new entry in the dock for every frame.

This is related to #1.

> 6.  Mac OS X is awfully white -- this is not a Bazaar Explorer issue of
> course it is a general failure of Mac OS X ;-)

Perhaps you'd like to file this on bugreport.apple.com ;)

-Neil