Zeus Under Linux

[jussij]

Rat shows how to run Zeus under Linux using Wine: http://www.zeusedit.com/zforum/viewtopic.php?t=2627

Here are some screen shots of Zeus running on Ubuntu Linux:

Wine Desktop
Zeus Workspace
Zeus Class Browser
Zeus Autocomplete

OSX users can use WineBottler to install Wine: http://winebottler.kronenberg.org/

Cheers Jussi

[mgag]

I recently tried with with Ubunto 10 and stock wine (i didn't try any 'tricks"). Zeus did work, but the Workspace tools did not work... I made some attempt to debug but didn't get anything useful. It seemed that the external tools that Zeus was spawning off to build workspaces simply crashed and did not return anything.

Using the tricks, does the Workspace/Projects/Tags work?

[jussij]

I recently tried with with Ubunto 10 and stock wine (i didn't try any 'tricks"). Zeus did work, but the Workspace tools did not work...

Inspired by Rat's efforts I tried running Zeus on Ubuntu 11.10 using the standard Wine package that comes with that release.

To my surprise I found that nearly everything worked

The results of my efforts can be seen here: http://www.zeusedit.com/platform.html

Using the tricks

For Ubuntu 11.10 I didn't have to resort to any of these tricks.

does the Workspace/Projects/Tags work?

Yes they did, as can be seen from the workspace, class browser and autocomplete screenshots.

I spent an hour or so testing the setup and from what I found most thinks did work.

For example the latest Zeus installer includes a python26 command line interpreter.

On this Wine environment I was able to compile, run an even debug a Python script all from within Zeus.

Cheers Jussi

[jussij]

I did some more testing of Zeus running on Linux Ubuntu using Wine and from what I can tell nearly everthing works

The only two problems I found was the Quick Help did not work and for some reason you can't bind anything to the F10 keyboard key.

Wine has definitely come a long way sime the last time I tried it.

Cheers Jussi

[mgag]

I retried and can agree that almost everything works; specifically the Workspace/project/tags stuff works, which didn't work for me before. I think you need Wine v1.4 (maybe 1.3), but I don't think 1.2 works.

One slightly annoying thing, I use Brief keymappings, and when one hits ALT, there is a tendency for the UI to grab the menu, rather than process the key binding... (I am using 3.97i).

One of my python macros that I use a lot did not work. This is the one,
http://www.zeusedit.com/zforum/viewtopic.php?t=2633
I don't have time right now to try and fix it. I still think this snapshot feature would be an appreciated feature of Zeus...

[jussij]

One slightly annoying thing, I use Brief keymappings, and when one hits ALT, there is a tendency for the UI to grab the menu, rather than process the key binding... (I am using 3.97i).

I did a search of winehq.org and came across this link which suggests this might be an issue with the Linux window managers.

It also offers up this as a possible workaround:

The Clone tool uses the ALT key in a way that conflicts with many window managers. Here's how to fix that:

• Ubuntu or Fedora: Go to System -> Preferences -> Windows, and under Movement Key, pick "Super" instead of "Alt".
• Kubuntu: Go to the K Menu -> System Settings -> Look and Feel -> Windows, and under Movement Key, pick "Super" instead of "Alt".
• Suse with GNOME: Go to Computer -> Control Center -> Look and Feel -> Windows, and under Movement Key, pick "Super" instead of "Alt".
• Suse with KDE: Go to Gecko Menu -> Favorites -> Configure Desktop -> Desktop -> Window behavior -> Window Actions -> "Inner Window, Titlebar & Frame", pick "Meta" instead of "Alt".

[/i]This link also suggests this issue is caused by the window manager and offers up some more info.

Cheers Jussi