okay so... some more progress...
laborious but.. getting there.
new improvements:
LATEST VERSION: Now building from SVN revision 937 rather than the older debian code.
QUIT BUTTON. will now display on all toolbars (regardless of preferences)
NATIVE KEYBOARD IN DIALOGS. It's a manual task of identifying every single one that needs one and setting them all up by hand.... The joy. But 1st one now done so... can be done. (and it closes intelligently on dialog closure)
TIME DOES NOT TICK EVERY SECOND. This allow for smoother scrolling in the calendar view and saves on pointless screen updates.
ABOUT SCREEN CLOSE BUTTON. I moved it to the top for those awkward moments when you manage to launch it accidentally with a keyboard up.
(I could have closed the keyboard but that would have meant more end user clicks so...)
Anyway. Thought I would report the progress.