Re: FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2012-01-28 Thread pebcak
Yes Thomas, Thomas Funk worked at this. I did some minor stuff, when I had time. But I'm off to the sea for a week... will send you Thomas' effort tough. Cheers, Christine On 01/21/2012 10:02 PM, Thomas Adam wrote: On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 12:27:51PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: Hi all, This

Re: FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2012-01-21 Thread Thomas Adam
On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 02:36:38AM +0100, Michael Großer wrote: > I think, because of this, a default configuration is not that important. > I think, a better idea could be to leave the default config as minimal > as it is, and instead of changing the default config, better invest > some time into

Re: FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2012-01-21 Thread Thomas Adam
On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 05:07:07PM -0500, Dan Espen wrote: > Thomas Adam writes: > > > On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 12:27:51PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> This intended to be something fairly long-running, and I personally don't > >> wish to make the UI decisions myself, although

Re: FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2012-01-21 Thread Dan Espen
Michael Großer writes: > Thomas Adam wrote: >> On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 12:27:51PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> > I think, because of this, a default configuration is not that important. > I think, a better idea could be to leave the default config as minimal > as it is, and instead

Re: FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2012-01-21 Thread elliot s
<< I think, because of this, a default configuration is not that important. I think, a better idea could be to leave the default config as minimal as it is, and instead of changing the default config, better invest some time into an idea of offering some example configurations for new FVWM user

Re: FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2012-01-21 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 12:27:51PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> This intended to be something fairly long-running, and I personally don't >> wish to make the UI decisions myself, although I will keep a very close eye >> on the FVWM-specific aspects of a proposed

Re: FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2012-01-21 Thread Dan Espen
Thomas Adam writes: > On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 12:27:51PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> This intended to be something fairly long-running, and I personally don't >> wish to make the UI decisions myself, although I will keep a very close eye >> on the FVWM-specific aspects of a propos

Re: FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2012-01-21 Thread Thomas Adam
On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 12:27:51PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: > Hi all, > > This intended to be something fairly long-running, and I personally don't > wish to make the UI decisions myself, although I will keep a very close eye > on the FVWM-specific aspects of a proposed config to make sure it's d

Re: FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2011-04-26 Thread Thomas Adam
On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 02:51:07AM +0400, Roman wrote: > On 04/27/2011 02:46 AM, Thomas Adam wrote:- pixmap window > decorations looking rather minimalist but fresh > >This is tenuous, because there's absolutely *no* requirement that FVWM is > >compiled against XPM support, or PNG, or SVG support.

Re: FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2011-04-26 Thread Roman
On 04/27/2011 02:46 AM, Thomas Adam wrote:- pixmap window decorations looking rather minimalist but fresh This is tenuous, because there's absolutely *no* requirement that FVWM is compiled against XPM support, or PNG, or SVG support. So, stick to vector buttons, please. I do not want to make an

Re: FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2011-04-26 Thread Thomas Adam
On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 02:24:53AM +0400, Roman wrote: > To my mind what a default config should be like depends mostly on what the > developers would like to achieve. Would you like the userbase to be > small and > somewhat elitist, or would you like to make fvwm more popular and tolerate > (cluel

Re: FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2011-04-26 Thread Roman
First of all, sorry if I got some mailing list things wrong. Being aware of fvwm IRC FAQ I would still mention I'm pretty much noob and Nth generation Linux and fvwm user, so what I say might seem strange. To my mind what a default config should be like depends mostly on what the developers woul

Re: FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2011-04-19 Thread Thomas Funk
>On Mon, Apr 19, 2011 at 7:27:06 AM, Kathryn Andersen wrote: > >I personally don't care what modules are in there by default; the thing >that desperately needs changing is the aesthetics. At the absolute >minimum, the colour scheme needs to be changed. The existing default >one is horrible. > The

Re: FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2011-04-19 Thread Nathaniel H. Stickney
On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 08:14, Julien Guertault wrote: > Apr 19, 2011 at 14:27, Kathryn Andersen : >> On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 02:02:52PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: >>> >>> [we need a new default config] >> >> [at very least the colour scheme] > > [ it would benefit to FVWM if it looked and > felt g

Re: FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2011-04-19 Thread Thomas Adam
On 19 April 2011 07:14, Julien Guertault wrote: > Does this have to be some underground task with someone motivated > enough to get it done, or is there any way it gets a more collaborative > direction? I am thinking of the way a Wiki page may start from a rough > draft and slowly improve as peopl

Re: FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2011-04-18 Thread Julien Guertault
Apr 19, 2011 at 14:27, Kathryn Andersen : > On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 02:02:52PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: >> >> [we need a new default config] > > [at very least the colour scheme] > > One program I've found helpful in devising colour schemes is Agave. > http://home.gna.org/colorscheme/ > > Another

Re: FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2011-04-18 Thread Kathryn Andersen
On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 02:02:52PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: > > Heh -- I am not suggesting that! It would be fairly static once in place -- > it's a *window manager* after all. Things like: > > * New FvwmButtons -- swallowing things like: > - FvwmIconMan > - FvwmScript (maybe a clo

Re: FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2011-04-18 Thread despen
Thomas Adam writes: > Hi Dan, > > On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 09:59:48AM -0400, des...@verizon.net wrote: >> Thomas Adam writes: >> >> > All I am really looking to see what the interest involved in this is. I >> > warn you though, I won't hesitate to put a stop to it if this turns into a >> > shed

Re: FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2011-04-18 Thread Thomas Adam
Hi Dan, On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 09:59:48AM -0400, des...@verizon.net wrote: > Thomas Adam writes: > > > All I am really looking to see what the interest involved in this is. I > > warn you though, I won't hesitate to put a stop to it if this turns into a > > shed-painting exercise -- I don't wa

Re: FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2011-04-18 Thread despen
Thomas Adam writes: > All I am really looking to see what the interest involved in this is. I > warn you though, I won't hesitate to put a stop to it if this turns into a > shed-painting exercise -- I don't want that. I can already foresee a bunch > of shed-painting, and I won't tolerate it. S

Re: FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2011-04-18 Thread Thomas Adam
On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 08:53:58AM -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: > No don't do it! Pretty soon you'll be caught up in the whole > newer is better philosophy that KDE and GNOME are trapped in > and no one on the planet will have any idea how to use fvwm > because it keeps moving everything around and ch

Re: FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2011-04-18 Thread Tom Horsley
No don't do it! Pretty soon you'll be caught up in the whole newer is better philosophy that KDE and GNOME are trapped in and no one on the planet will have any idea how to use fvwm because it keeps moving everything around and changing in every release. I'd suggest my default config, but you obvi

FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2011-04-18 Thread Thomas Adam
Hi all, This intended to be something fairly long-running, and I personally don't wish to make the UI decisions myself, although I will keep a very close eye on the FVWM-specific aspects of a proposed config to make sure it's done "right". What do I mean when I say "right"? Well, for far too lon