FVWM: Writing an article on fvwm - request for opinions welcomed

2011-08-07 Thread Harry portobello
Hello fvwmers, I'm writing an article for the Linux Magazine about fvwm. Given the rise of GNOME3 and Unity, there seems to be a trend of people turning away from their desktop environments for simpler solutions. I've been using fvwm for many years and thought that since there's been a stable rel

Re: FVWM: Writing an article on fvwm - request for opinions welcomed

2011-08-08 Thread Harry portobello
Hi, On 8 August 2011 01:13, Harry portobello wrote: > Hello fvwmers, Does anyone have a contact addr for Thomas Adam? Ive been told he's the person to talk to about fvwm's direction??? Thanks! Harry

Re: FVWM: Writing an article on fvwm - request for opinions welcomed

2011-08-30 Thread Harry portobello
On 8 August 2011 01:13, Harry portobello wrote: > Hello fvwmers, > > I'm writing an article for the Linux Magazine about fvwm. Given the > rise of GNOME3 and Unity, there seems to be a trend of people turning > away from their desktop environments for simpler solutions.  I&

FVWM: FAO: Thomas Adam - list attitudes and unveiling the person behind email

2011-08-30 Thread Harry portobello
Hi all, I've been reading the fvwm list for ages and recently subscribed because of the article I'm currently writing - so although I've not been on this list very long I feel as though I am no stranger to it; mail archives can be a great thing, even more since a lot of them are made public. :) A

Re: FVWM: FAO: Thomas Adam - list attitudes and unveiling the person behind email

2011-08-31 Thread Harry portobello
Hullo, On 31 August 2011 09:06, Thomas Funk wrote: > Hi Harry, > > as I red your email, my first impression was, to take up the cudgels for > Thomas > and will told you, that this posting hasn't belong on a public board. But > anyway, > you've done it, so I add one's two cents ... > > Yes, Thom

Re: FVWM: It's a matter of explaining [Re: ... list attitudes and unveiling the person behind email

2011-09-01 Thread Harry portobello
DERSTANDING > >      * (when two people are in a dispute, then the chance >        to elegantly solve the dispute increases dramatically >        when both persons try to explain and understand >        each other) > >    - invite people to apply this principle when they &

Re: FVWM: (Icon)TitleFormat doesnt quite work like IndexedWindowName for one window

2011-10-23 Thread Harry portobello
On 20 October 2011 09:13, Thomas Adam wrote: > On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 10:51:59AM -0700, elliot s wrote: >> Version 2.6.3: >> Previous versions only added the "(%t)" when there was a repeated name. >> The new code always adds it. > > This is not a bug, but rather very much by deliberate design.  T

Re: FVWM: (Icon)TitleFormat doesnt quite work like IndexedWindowName for one window

2011-10-29 Thread Harry portobello
hullo, On 19 October 2011 18:51, elliot s wrote: > Version 2.6.3: > Previous versions only added the "(%t)" when there was a repeated name. > The new code always adds it. > I worked around the %t in add_window.c by checking if count was > non-zero, tho that wouldnt kill the parens, which i change

Re: FVWM: (Icon)TitleFormat doesnt quite work like IndexedWindowName for one window

2011-10-30 Thread Harry portobello
2011/10/29 Thomas Adam : > On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 10:38:36PM +0200, Michael Großer wrote: >> Thomas Adam wrote: >> > On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 12:37:04PM +0100, Harry portobello wrote: >> >> hullo, >> >> >> >> On 19 October 2011 18:51, el

Re: FVWM: (Icon)TitleFormat doesnt quite work like IndexedWindowName for one window

2011-10-30 Thread Harry portobello
hullo, 2011/10/30 Thomas Adam : > On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 08:09:52PM +0000, Harry portobello wrote: >> How do i do this with FvwmEvent? Thanks.. > > Something like: > >    DestroyFunc CountWindow >    AddToFunc   CountWindow >    + I SetEnv WindowCount 0 >    +

Re: FVWM: Problem with xembed and qt

2012-01-07 Thread Harry portobello
hi, On 2 September 2011 20:10, Christian Ehrlicher wrote: > This sounds promising - I can test it on monday and will report back then. i think i have similar problems to you - was this fixed in fvwm ever? Harry

FVWM: when will the cvs version be released?

2012-01-14 Thread Harry portobello
hi, i like the cvs version of fvwm and its been ages since the last release [2.6.3] when will we see 2.6.4? Harry

Re: FVWM: when will the cvs version be released?

2012-01-15 Thread Harry portobello
On 15 January 2012 20:32, Thomas Adam wrote: > On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 12:06:04AM +0000, Harry portobello wrote: >> hi, >> >> i like the cvs version of fvwm and its been ages since the last release >> [2.6.3] >> >> when will we see 2.6.4? > > When

Re: FVWM: Want an alt-tab behaviour like KDE3

2012-01-20 Thread Harry portobello
hi, 2012/1/19 Jason Weber : > Perhaps if you are open minded to tools that might be more effective > at navigating > windows than KDE or others do, I would also suggest taking a look at the > FvwmProxy.  It is a bit of a departure from the uncorrelated > box-in-the-middle paradigm. > It can handle

FVWM: money donations to the fvwm project

2012-01-23 Thread Harry portobello
hi, is it possible to supply money, a donation, to the fvwm project? if i did this, where would it go, to what purpose? would i be allowed to say where it went? Harry

Re: FVWM: HEADS UP: Releasing 2.6.4 end of January

2012-01-30 Thread Harry portobello
On 29 January 2012 08:08, Viktor Griph wrote: > 2012/1/27 Harry portobello : >> we have lots of patches like adding round corners and fluxbox handels >> which have not been added to fvwm in long time - and why is this? why >> isnt the maintainer - thomas - adding these? &

Re: FVWM: HEADS UP: Releasing 2.6.4 end of January

2012-02-01 Thread Harry portobello
On 30 January 2012 14:37, Chris Siebenmann wrote: > | > [...] There are several reasons as of why certain patches aren't > | > accepted. Some of the patches affect areas of fvwm which in the long > | > term goal should be replaced by modules. Others are unclean, and no > | > one has been willing t