Re: Removing libstroke support?
Dominik Vogt writes: > Does anybody really use libstroke support? It's resonsible for > quite some hardly readably code, and I suspect nobody uses it > anymore. If there's a need for mouse gesture or touchpad support, > there must certainly be some other library around that does a > better job. I use it to launch applications and move around my desks/pages when using the mouse (eg. while browsing the web). Nothing fancy. Kind regards, Bert Geens
Re: Removing libstroke support?
Den 18 okt. 2016 7:23 PM skrev "Dominik Vogt" : > > On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 06:29:59AM +0200, Viktor Griph wrote: > > Den 17 okt. 2016 11:56 PM skrev "Dominik Vogt" : > > > > > > Does anybody really use libstroke support? > > > > I've been using it in my configs since I started using fvwm. > > > > > It's resonsible for > > > quite some hardly readably code, and I suspect nobody uses it > > > anymore. If there's a need for mouse gesture or touchpad support, > > > there must certainly be some other library around that does a > > > better job. > > > > I haven't looked for alternatives, but it feels like the functionality > > really should live in a separate application. It's not about managing > > windows, but being able to execute commands on gestures. > > So, for what kind of actions do you use it? Somthing window > manager related like, say iconifying windows etc., or something > else that could be done without the WM? > For the uses that I actually use is mainly launching applications, but I have a few to launch or find a running instance and bring that window into view. But that should still be possible with FvwmCommand. Apart from that I have a few stokes defined for the title bar to resize, move and shade windows, but I can't say I'm using them. //Viktor
Re: Removing libstroke support?
On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 06:29:59AM +0200, Viktor Griph wrote: > Den 17 okt. 2016 11:56 PM skrev "Dominik Vogt" : > > > > Does anybody really use libstroke support? > > I've been using it in my configs since I started using fvwm. > > > It's resonsible for > > quite some hardly readably code, and I suspect nobody uses it > > anymore. If there's a need for mouse gesture or touchpad support, > > there must certainly be some other library around that does a > > better job. > > I haven't looked for alternatives, but it feels like the functionality > really should live in a separate application. It's not about managing > windows, but being able to execute commands on gestures. So, for what kind of actions do you use it? Somthing window manager related like, say iconifying windows etc., or something else that could be done without the WM? Ciao Dominik ^_^ ^_^ -- Dominik Vogt
Re: Removing libstroke support?
Does anybody really use libstroke support? I do. It's something i could easily live without... but I do like it on occasion. It's resonsible for > quite some hardly readably code, and I suspect nobody uses it > anymore. If there's a need for mouse gesture or touchpad support, > there must certainly be some other library around that does a > better job. > > Opinions? > > Ciao > > Dominik ^_^ ^_^ > > -- > > Dominik Vogt > >
Re: Removing libstroke support?
"Thomas Adam" wrote: > On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 06:29:59AM +0200, Viktor Griph wrote: > > Den 17 okt. 2016 11:56 PM skrev "Dominik Vogt" : > > > > > > Does anybody really use libstroke support? > > > > I've been using it in my configs since I started using fvwm. > > > > > It's resonsible for > > > quite some hardly readably code, and I suspect nobody uses it > > > anymore. If there's a need for mouse gesture or touchpad support, > > > there must certainly be some other library around that does a > > > better job. > > > > I haven't looked for alternatives, but it feels like the functionality > > really should live in a separate application. It's not about managing > > windows, but being able to execute commands on gestures. > > Absolutely. From looking at the libstroke homepage [0] it seems as though > FVWM are the only real users of this library. Heck, they even have FVWM > listed as a reference program---including packaging up the FVWM sources for > 2.0.45. Historically interesting, but hardly relevant. > > I am all in favour of writing a program to do this external to FVWM > instead---heck, it could even be a module if necessary. But I don't like it > in the core of FVWM, and never have---the STROKE_CODE macro seems to really > irritate me. I've looked around but most of such projects are too old and/or not in the main distributions. The only one looks promising is Easystroke [1] but stucks since 2014 ... For multi gesture support synclient could be used as here [2] described. It has been written in Perl so it could be interesting as an extension for perlib ... Best, - Thomas - > -- Thomas Adam > > [0] http://etla.net/libstroke/ [1] https://github.com/thjaeger/easystroke/wiki [2] https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-touchpad/#resources > >
Re: Removing libstroke support?
On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 06:29:59AM +0200, Viktor Griph wrote: > Den 17 okt. 2016 11:56 PM skrev "Dominik Vogt" : > > > > Does anybody really use libstroke support? > > I've been using it in my configs since I started using fvwm. > > > It's resonsible for > > quite some hardly readably code, and I suspect nobody uses it > > anymore. If there's a need for mouse gesture or touchpad support, > > there must certainly be some other library around that does a > > better job. > > I haven't looked for alternatives, but it feels like the functionality > really should live in a separate application. It's not about managing > windows, but being able to execute commands on gestures. Absolutely. From looking at the libstroke homepage [0] it seems as though FVWM are the only real users of this library. Heck, they even have FVWM listed as a reference program---including packaging up the FVWM sources for 2.0.45. Historically interesting, but hardly relevant. I am all in favour of writing a program to do this external to FVWM instead---heck, it could even be a module if necessary. But I don't like it in the core of FVWM, and never have---the STROKE_CODE macro seems to really irritate me. -- Thomas Adam [0] http://etla.net/libstroke/
Re: Removing libstroke support?
Den 17 okt. 2016 11:56 PM skrev "Dominik Vogt" : > > Does anybody really use libstroke support? I've been using it in my configs since I started using fvwm. > It's resonsible for > quite some hardly readably code, and I suspect nobody uses it > anymore. If there's a need for mouse gesture or touchpad support, > there must certainly be some other library around that does a > better job. I haven't looked for alternatives, but it feels like the functionality really should live in a separate application. It's not about managing windows, but being able to execute commands on gestures. //Viktor
Removing libstroke support?
Does anybody really use libstroke support? It's resonsible for quite some hardly readably code, and I suspect nobody uses it anymore. If there's a need for mouse gesture or touchpad support, there must certainly be some other library around that does a better job. Opinions? Ciao Dominik ^_^ ^_^ -- Dominik Vogt
