Re: [dev] [dmenu] xft patch

2010-01-27 Thread Justin Jackson
Yeah...the regular version is too thin for me. I use 16pt bold for everything. On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 12:02 AM, Nathan Neff wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 11:18 PM, Justin Jackson > wrote: >> >> Have you tried Terminus? That's my favorite >> co

Re: [dev] [dmenu] xft patch

2010-01-27 Thread Justin Jackson
Have you tried Terminus? That's my favorite constant-width/shell/programming font. Setting up a regular X font is a little bit painful, but this one is worth the trouble. Terminus homepage: http://www.is-vn.bg/hamster/ On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 11:10 PM, Thayer Williams wrote: > On Wed, Jan 27, 2

[dev] saving program options

2010-01-24 Thread Justin Jackson
Well said. > TAOUP also recommends small programs that do just one thing.  If you > have so many options that you need a "huge structure" to store them, > that might be a sign that your program is overly complex.  Consider > factoring it into a set of smaller cooperating processes. > > Many people

Re: [dev] Distribution

2010-01-18 Thread Justin Jackson
> All I need is a toolchain/dev utils with minimal X install. Have you tried NetBSD? I prefer that over Linux, and the base installation is exactly what you're describing.