Hi, Gino Peregrini wrote: > > On Wed, 2001-11-21 at 20:13, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > Go to sf.net and check out waimea. It is the latest of the new wm's based on > > blackbox. Nifty new features include direct support for Xrender extensions > > (anti-aliasing) and 'actions'. Seems interesting if not my cup of tea. > > > > I did. It's just a start, of course. I haven't looked at it much yet. > But every time I look at another wm, whether a spawn of bb or not, I > appreciate bb that much more. > > I do thank you for the tip. Waimea is at least something to keep an eye > on.
Blackbox is just fine. It has some very small annoying bugs (mostly focus errors), but it's ok. The only problem with Blackbox is one thing: it is in a quite "left-alone" state. There are a number of patches around which should be at least inserted into a new Blackbox release. There are some bugs to be fixed also. So a new version with minor fixes would be great even without any major functional extensions. I think that Blackbox development will not switch to warp speed in the near future. Maybe the current developers should consider giving the development to someone else who has enough time to take care of Blackbox. If this will not happen then maybe one of the Blackbox clones in the future will overtake Blackbox either in support or stability or in new functions (while still remaining a minimal window manager). So cheer up my friends we will benefit in either way :-)) Nevertheless if I can help Blackbox in any way, let me know. I am even willing to learn c++ just to be able to take part in some kind of software development. (Hey, who wanna start developing an other bb clone with me?! :-) ) Let Peace be with you, Peter (member of the blackbox fan club)
