System wide data type system?

1998-11-18 Thread Klas Lindberg
Is there any kind of system wide data type system in the works for linux (like the ones found in AmigaOS and BeOS). Such a mechanism would essentially eliminate the need for programs like c2p (by introducing modular translators) and be a very handy desktop functionality (drop this icon for that

GTK problems

1998-11-17 Thread Klas Lindberg
I have installed the Debian libgtk1.1 package and all is fine. Almost. When trying to compile gtk dependent sources where a configure script is given, I always get the following error message on running configure: *** The gtk-config script installed by GTK could not be found Actually, this very

Re: Setting transparent xterms

1998-04-14 Thread Klas Lindberg
> > Some people once told me that they saw a "xterm" window in X that had a > >transparent -background so you could easily see the wallpaper in the back. > Last I heard, transparent backgrounds were not possible (but this may or > may not be true now, as I'm using X less and less...) But RxVT,

Re: giflib2

1998-04-14 Thread Klas Lindberg
> > kde-beta3. When I try to install the kdelibs it breakes with the message > > that it need giflib2. Where I can get it? > Namely that the package you're asking for doesn't exist. HOWEVER, there > is a libgif2 and that is what you want. Assuming of course that you're > willing to hack apart th