I apologize if my concerns turn out to be noise here. As I said in my previous mails, WindowMaker with GWorkspace works, following your advise, with modifications made on .xinitrc instead. Will email GNUstep-specific list to air my concerns there. Thanks again for the pointers and kudos for the work :)
On 5/19/13, Sebastian Reitenbach <sebas...@l00-bugdead-prods.de> wrote: > Hi, > > On Sunday, May 19, 2013 15:57 CEST, Tito Mari Francis Escaño > <titomarifran...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello again Sebastian, >> As you advised I was able to successfully install most if not all the >> apps that are to be included with the gnustep-desktop meta-package. >> One thing I observed is that the behavior is buggy. For example, in >> the GWorkspace menu, I selected the Info->Preferences menu, this will >> open up a Gworkspace Preferences window where there's a pulldown, I >> chose from the pulldown the Terminal option, clicked on the textbox >> with the label xterm hoping to replace it with the GNUstep-native >> Terminal.app. After clicking on that textbox, the cursor will change >> into an I-cursor, AND STAY SO thorughout the system until I restart X >> again by clicking on the GWorkspace Quit menu option. Is this an >> already reported bug? > > This is a known bug in any GNUstep application, that the cursor doesn't > reset. > It not only happens on OpenBSD. With this, its probably best to mention > that it also happens for you on the GNUstep mailing list: > > http://www.gnustep.org/information/gethelp.html > discuss-gnus...@gnu.org > > If there are enough people being bugged by it, and crying out, hopefully > someone will eventually fix it. > >> Being a DIY system, I patiently took time to edit the .xinitrc to only >> have 'wmaker' as entry, then from the xterm session, run the command >> to run the likes of Gorm, ProjectCenter and GNUMail, once they run, >> their icon will appear on the bottom left, I will drag them >> individually on the right to group them together, then on the >> WindowMaker Application menu, click on Session->Save Session, and >> click on Session->Exit, check the 'Save Workspace State' checkbox, >> then click on the 'Exit' button to ensure that the icons of the >> GNUstep-native apps remain on the desktop once I change my .xinitrc >> file to contain the changes I described from last email. Is there a >> way to simplify this for the common user? > > So you only have WindowMaker running, but no GWorkspace? > I cannot really follow you. > > I usually run WindowMaker together with GWorkspace. > GWorkspace provides a desktop, where you can just drag n drop apps on > the desktop, or on the Dock on the right. > > For example, go with the File Viewer to /usr/local/libexec/GNUstep > From there you can CTRL-Drag apps to the desktop, and it will ask you > whether you'll link them there. Then you have them on your GWorkspace > desktop. Or you can just drag them to the Dock on the right. > >> I really like the GNUstep and OpenBSD tandem, it's so cool, hope this >> would be one of the desktop options in OBSD. Thank you very much and >> look forward to help test and refine GNUstep on OBSD. > > Those questions are not really OpenBSD specific, but more GNUstep related. > So I think its a bit off-topic for the misc@ mailing list. Better to either > keep it private, > or I think you are better off, asking such things on the > discuss-gnus...@gnu.org mailing list. > > cheers, > Sebastian > > >> >> On 5/19/13, Sebastian Reitenbach <sebas...@l00-bugdead-prods.de> wrote: >> > >> > On Saturday, May 18, 2013 18:06 CEST, Tito Mari Francis Escaño >> > <titomarifran...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >> Thanks for the pointers SEbastian :) >> >> I tried creating an xsession or .xsession file with those contents but >> >> they >> >> didn't work. Following your example, what I did instead was to create >> >> on >> >> the home dir the file .xinitrc with the following content: >> >> wmaker & >> >> /usr/local/bin/gpbs >> >> /usr/local/bin/gndc >> >> /usr/local/bin/make_services >> >> /usr/local/bin/GWorkspace >> >> >> >> This enabled me to run X with the WindowMaker and automatically >> >> starting >> >> GWorkspace, with the effect that exits X11 when I Quit GWorkspace. >> >> Thank >> >> you very much. Now my next task is to run the installed apps when I >> >> ran >> >> the >> >> command: >> >> pkg_add gnustep-desktop >> >> >> >> Maybe you can further advise me on this. I'm very grateful. Thank you >> >> very >> >> much. >> > >> > good that it works for you. >> > The gnustep-meta package installs a README file, with some pointers to >> > websites: >> > You should find it there: >> > /usr/local/share/doc/pkg-readmes/gnustep-desktop-VERSION >> > >> > Otherwise take a look at each softwares homepage, those you can find >> > here: >> > http://readme.portsbug.me.uk/cat/x11/gnustep >> > >> > I know that at least GNUMail is a bit flaky and crashes here and there >> > :(, >> > but the >> > others should at least "just work" T.M. >> > >> > If something doesn't work for you, or crashes on you, send me bug report >> > so >> > that >> > I am hopefully be able to reproduce the problem in order to fix it. >> > Or even better, send patches ;) >> > >> > Besides maintaining the ports, I'm also working upstream on GNUstep and >> > GAP >> > >> > so any feedback is appreciated. >> > >> > cheers, >> > Sebastian >> > >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 11:15 PM, Sebastian Reitenbach < >> >> sebas...@l00-bugdead-prods.de> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Hi, >> >> > >> >> > On Saturday, May 18, 2013 16:32 CEST, Tito Mari Francis Escaño < >> >> > titomarifran...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > > Good day, >> >> > > I tried to install OpenBSD 5.3 64-bit on VMware Workstation 9.x >> >> > > and >> >> > > so >> >> > far >> >> > > it's working like a charm. >> >> > > I next tried to install WindowMaker, to override the default twm, >> >> > > I >> >> > created >> >> > > an .xinitrc file on home directory with just one entry: wmaker. >> >> > > When >> >> > > I >> >> > > typed startx, as expected, the X window manager is WindowMaker. >> >> > > I then installed GWorkspace, and to run it, I have to type in the >> >> > > xterm >> >> > > window: GWorkspace. >> >> > > I read the man page on startx, I tried to follow the example of >> >> > > /etc/X11/init/xinitrc where it ran "fcwm || xterm" to run xterm >> >> > > after >> >> > > the >> >> > > default WM started, by creating an <home dir>/.xinitrc with >> >> > > "wmaker >> >> > > || >> >> > > GWorkspace" but it doesn't seem to work. >> >> > > Can somebody please give me pointers how I can run GWorkspace >> >> > automatically >> >> > > when I start X with WindowMaker as WM? >> >> > > Thank you very much. >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> > just install the gnustep-desktop meta package: >> >> > sudo pkg_add -i gnustep-desktop >> >> > >> >> > then, I have this in my .xsession file in order to start windowmaker >> >> > and >> >> > GWorkspace: >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > if [ -f /usr/local/share/GNUstep/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh ];then >> >> > . /usr/local/share/GNUstep/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh >> >> > fi >> >> > >> >> > export GNUSTEP_STRING_ENCODING=NSUTF8StringEncoding >> >> > export LC_ALL='en_EN.UTF-8' >> >> > export LC_CTYPE='en_US.UTF-8' >> >> > if [ -x /usr/local/bin/gpbs ];then >> >> > /usr/local/bin/gpbs >> >> > fi >> >> > if [ -x /usr/local/bin/gdnc ];then >> >> > /usr/local/bin/gdnc >> >> > fi >> >> > wmaker & >> >> > >> >> > if [ -x /usr/local/bin/GWorkspace ];then >> >> > /usr/local/bin/make_services >> >> > /usr/local/bin/GWorkspace >> >> > fi >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > cheers, >> >> > Sebastian
