Re: FVWM: GSoC 2012: Project ideas

2012-02-23 Thread Dan Espen
writes: >>Subject: Re: FVWM: GSoC 2012: Project ideas >>From: Jaimos Skriletz >>Date: Thu, February 23, 2012 4:32 pm >>To: fvwm@fvwm.org >> >> >>On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 01:34:38PM -0700, msib...@crosswire.com wrote: >>> >>> Not trying to piss anyone off. IMHO, I'm just stating the obvious. There

Re: FVWM: GSoC 2012: Project ideas

2012-02-23 Thread msibley
> > > Original Message >Subject: Re: FVWM: GSoC 2012: Project ideas >From: Jaimos Skriletz >Date: Thu, February 23, 2012 4:32 pm >To: fvwm@fvwm.org > > >On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 01:34:38PM -0700, msib...@crosswire.com wrote: >> >> Not trying to piss anyone off. IMHO, I'm just stati

Re: FVWM: GSoC 2012: Project ideas

2012-02-23 Thread Jaimos Skriletz
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 01:34:38PM -0700, msib...@crosswire.com wrote: > > Not trying to piss anyone off. IMHO, I'm just stating the obvious. There > is more holding FVWM back than what can be fixed with debugging. > Holding FVWM back from what? FVWM does its function really well. It is a confi

Re: FVWM: GSoC 2012: Project ideas

2012-02-23 Thread Mag. Dr. Nikolaus Klepp
Am Donnerstag, 23. Februar 2012 schrieb msib...@crosswire.com: > A scratch rewrite in C++, using WxWidgets and embedding the > configuration elements in sqlite, killing configuration files for good > and ever. There is a point at which you are doing yourself a favor by > shooting the horse instead

Re: FVWM: GSoC 2012: Project ideas

2012-02-23 Thread Thomas Adam
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 01:34:38PM -0700, msib...@crosswire.com wrote: > > A scratch rewrite in C++, using WxWidgets and embedding the Rewrites do not work. They really don't. IBM can tell you that from experience. As for basing a window manager off a widget library, I will point you towards t

Re: FVWM: GSoC 2012: Project ideas

2012-02-23 Thread msibley
A scratch rewrite in C++, using WxWidgets and embedding the configuration elements in sqlite, killing configuration files for good and ever. There is a point at which you are doing yourself a favor by shooting the horse instead of feeding it. Not trying to piss anyone off. IMHO, I'm just stating