On Fri, 12 Apr 2024 23:44:45 -0500 izder456 <izder...@disroot.org> wrote:
> Hello ports@, > > I initially made a thread in this list around the time 7.5 was nearing > release, and the thread went stagnant, I assume since focus was on > stability, and whatever. (might be misremembering here, I have a > spotty memory). > > See threads: > x11/emwm => https://marc.info/?t=170554680800002&r=1&w=2 > x11/emwm-utils => https://marc.info/?t=170569187600001&r=1&w=2 > > The only criticism I got aside from nits and tips on DISTFILES, seemed > to come from a place of the quality of upstream code, which is fair if > you are discussing comparing it to motif or whatever, but doesn't seem > to be a reason against merging this. I use this WM quite frequently > as a fallback. It would be personally nice to have. > > But some of the reasons I see this being beneficial to merge: > > Its the same legacy that motif wm has, but with modern niceties. > fullscreen firefox/chromium is handled as expected, EWMH hints are > respected, (so if you use a compositor or something), XFT font > support is a biggie imho, thats one of the selling points for me. And > emwm-utils has a nice toolchest application that is just nice to > use/configure. > > Hell- I made some personal config backups on my Github profile, cos > its just a nice floating WM. > > I know that necro-bumps are generally discouraged online- so heres a > thread to ask this: > > now that 7.5 is released, would this be good to merge into -CURRENT? > > They are both attached. > > Thoughts? > > Thanks. > It has been over a month now, and I'm still interested in merging this. soz for the *BUMP*. Thanks. -- -iz (they/them) > i like to say mundane things, > there are too many uninteresting things > that go unnoticed. izder456 (dot) neocities (dot) org
