Hello! On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:39:12 +0100, Connor Lane Smith wrote: > An important thing to remember is that a feature does not need to be > in mainline for you to patch it in.
I'm not at all a programmer, I have no ability for patching a program like this, but I accept this point. I accept all your points, in fact: if you think that such and such features should or shouldn't be part of 'the mainline', as you say, it is up to you and I respect it. I was just asking (and teasing a little bit, I admit, but hey… don't you like teasing gently some times?). > The '-S' flag seemed like an interesting patch to write, so I hacked > it together and you'll find it attached (diff against tip). Thank you. I think that other people may appreciate it too. > There is already a file completion patch available[1]. Wow, I missed this one! It seems to be great. > I share Anselm's opinion that [..] Including custom completion etc etc > is beyond dmenu's role, which is acceptable for a patch, but should > not be included in mainline. I agree with you: it's an opinion. Not an eternal rule. In my opinion YOU are the rule, and I have no problem with this. > That's a good point. When are you planning to change *your* mind? Reversibility is one of the numerous charms of this proverb. :-) Please note that I have no mind on what dmenu should or shouldn't be. I only have a (changing) idea of the way I want to use my computer. I was simply excited by this new area of customization opened by wimenu, which looks like an elegant answer to this strange dilemna on what wimenu is or is not: wimenu is wimenu, and customization is the joy of users (like patching programs is the joy of programmers, I suppose). Maybe after playing a while with wimenu as a launcher with file completion, I will find the usual command line in a terminal more convenient. Or maybe not. I simply don't know at the moment. > Hope this helps. Surely it does! Thanks again, LuX.
