[chirp_devel] Dialog quirks on Linux(es)

[Rick DeWitt]

Also, the triple-quoted instructions pop-ups have lost all newline 
formatting (Windows anyway). The entire string is now displayed as if on 
one line.

On 12/15/2022 9:42 AM, Martin Cooper via chirp_devel wrote:
> I'm seeing some differences in how the Edit Memory dialog is displayed 
> on different platforms. Since I'm not in a position to isolate the 
> source, I thought perhaps others could chime in with what they see.
>
> On MacOS / Python 3.7.0 / wxPython 4.2.0, the dialog looks good.
>
> On Xubuntu 18.04 / Python 3.7.5 / wxPython 4.1.1, the left column is 
> not wide enough for the labels, and the dialog is too _short_, so that 
> it needs to be scrolled to see the last few entries. (The dialog is 
> not resizable, but it shouldn't need to be.)
>
> On Linux Mint 20.04 / Python 3.8.10 / wxPython 4.2.0, the left column 
> is not wide enough for the labels (as with Xubuntu, above), and the 
> dialog is too _tall_, with quite a bit of whitespace below the entries.
>
> The issue with the label column being too narrow seems like FitColumns 
> just not working on Linux. The height issue could be a difference 
> between wxPython versions - or something else.
>
> Any other data points, or perhaps thoughts on how to fix the rendering?
>
> Martin.
> KD6YAM
>
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