RE: [OT]: Cygwin & Blackbox

2002-05-02 Thread John Kennison
Thankyou for the warning, I had realised that, and I should have made that more clear in my message; however, the only thing I dislike about windows is price and the interface; now that I have the option to run blackbox (even if not in the native format that I'm used to, and its only a clone desig

RE: [OT]: Cygwin & Blackbox

2002-05-02 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> > Thankyou, now my transition to Windows is complete; of course I'll still get > an xserver > up and running so that I can run linux apps :) but that can wait for now! > do realize bb4win is *based* on blackbox and is not really even a fork. Not saying you should avoid it, just realize they

Re: [OT]: Cygwin & Blackbox

2002-05-02 Thread Matt Wilson
On Fri, 3 May 2002 13:03:15 +0930 John Kennison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > applications run (or if they will run at all!). Final question, and I know > that its very windows specific, but is it possible to change the shell for a > given user only?? If you are running 2k or XP I think you

RE: [OT]: Cygwin & Blackbox

2002-05-02 Thread John Kennison
From: Adam Hooper [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, 3 May 2002 13:30 >>Try a google search for "blackbox windows" and look at the first result. >>Better than what you were expecting, I think! :) OMG!! This is so perfect, I knew that I shouldn't have restricted my search

Re: Stacking problems....

2002-05-02 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
>> >> at the top of Workspace::raiseWindow() there is a check for whether the >> window >> is on top of the stack or not. Comment out that check and let me know if it >> still happens. >> > > Done. I'll let you know if it still happens. The problem is it's such an > erratic > bug - it happens

Re: [OT]: Cygwin & Blackbox

2002-05-02 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 03-May-2002 Adam Hooper wrote: > Try a google search for "blackbox windows" and look at the first result. > Better than what you were expecting, I think! :) > Wow, I am sure Brad will be honoured (-:

Re: [OT]: Cygwin & Blackbox

2002-05-02 Thread Adam Hooper
Try a google search for "blackbox windows" and look at the first result. Better than what you were expecting, I think! :) Adam Hooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 3 May 2002 13:03:15 +0930 John Kennison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I apologise for being off-topic, but this is the only resource t

[OT]: Cygwin & Blackbox

2002-05-02 Thread John Kennison
I apologise for being off-topic, but this is the only resource that I could think of besides google which hasn't proved very useful so far. I am thinking of going back to Windows (for specific programs, I need for Uni (Access & VB)) and so I can play games; however, I do not want to lose my belov

Re: [Announce] BBCD -- a CD player for BlackBox

2002-05-02 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 03-May-2002 Duret Bertrand wrote: > Hello, > > I have just released a beta version of BBCD: it's a new bbtool (as far as I > know), and it's yet another CD player. > > It is still in development, but it may be used to play CDs. If you are > interested, go there: >http://tranber1.free.fr

Re: Stacking problems....

2002-05-02 Thread Matt Wilson
On Thu, 02 May 2002 18:09:41 -0700 (PDT) "Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 03-May-2002 Matt Wilson wrote: > > Having problems with stacking... the same menu and slit > > not-always-on-top-as-they-should-be problems already noted, but getting a > > few odd window problems. Sylp

[Announce] BBCD -- a CD player for BlackBox

2002-05-02 Thread Duret Bertrand
Hello, I have just released a beta version of BBCD: it's a new bbtool (as far as I know), and it's yet another CD player. It is still in development, but it may be used to play CDs. If you are interested, go there: http://tranber1.free.fr/bbcd.html Bye, Bertrand.

Re: Stacking problems....

2002-05-02 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 03-May-2002 Matt Wilson wrote: > Having problems with stacking... the same menu and slit > not-always-on-top-as-they-should-be problems already noted, but getting a few > odd window problems. Sylpheed (my mail client) was under several other > windows, > with part of it still visible. I clicked

Stacking problems....

2002-05-02 Thread Matt Wilson
Having problems with stacking... the same menu and slit not-always-on-top-as-they-should-be problems already noted, but getting a few odd window problems. Sylpheed (my mail client) was under several other windows, with part of it still visible. I clicked, but it wouldn't raise, I alt+left-clicked,

Re: now that themes.freshmeat.net is up ......

2002-05-02 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 02-May-2002 Jamin W. Collins wrote: > On Thu, 02 May 2002 14:17:55 -0700 (PDT) > "Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Those of you with time to burn should go through and help them clean up >> the blackbox area. > > What do you have in mind when you say "clean up"? > check

Re: now that themes.freshmeat.net is up ......

2002-05-02 Thread Jamin W . Collins
On Thu, 02 May 2002 14:17:55 -0700 (PDT) "Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Those of you with time to burn should go through and help them clean up > the blackbox area. What do you have in mind when you say "clean up"? -- Jamin W. Collins

now that themes.freshmeat.net is up ......

2002-05-02 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
Those of you with time to burn should go through and help them clean up the blackbox area.

Re: FRQ re submenus

2002-05-02 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 02-May-2002 mackstann wrote: >> I have always hated that behaviour as well. Brad is >> working out a menu rewrite >> for the new blackbox lib. We will probably start >> working on usability aspects >> then. > > while we're on the subject, i've always wondered why > torn off menus don't act l

Re: selecting and traversing menu's with keys

2002-05-02 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> > bbkeys seems to work well in spite of the QT vs. Gtk debate. As hardware > gets faster, software should run faster, but hey, that is only my opinion. > I still use older hardware and intend to keep blackbox as lean as possible. My viewpoint is a lean and mean blackbox leaves more CPU and m

Re: 2nd set of questions/comments

2002-05-02 Thread David Bonner
Derek Cunningham wrote: > Yeah... this is the only way to go... session management just reduces a need > for people to THINK about how they use their computer. I've spend a > considerable number of hours (cumulative, not all at once) considering how I > can effectively setup my desktop, as well as

How do I quit this list?

2002-05-02 Thread Jim Kronhamn
Hello   I wonder how I quit from getting mail from this list.   Regards Jim

Re: 2nd set of questions/comments

2002-05-02 Thread Derek Cunningham
On Thu, May02,02 00:35, thelupine wrote: > > > Third: Is there a default/global setting to force BB to > > > remember windows postion, size...attributes? I'll > > > resize and position a window the way I want it, and then > > > it loses this the next time I launch it. > > > > Once you decide how

Re: Stupid idea

2002-05-02 Thread Derek Cunningham
On Thu, May02,02 00:13, Ciprian Popovici wrote: > Monday, April 29, 2002, 16:11:39, Derek Cunningham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, it IS possible to warp the position of the mouse cursor: > > http://freshmeat.net/projects/xwarppointer/?topic_id=861 > > There's also a program called xbut (xb

Re: selecting and traversing menu's with keys

2002-05-02 Thread Mr. Brigham Young
--- Alexander Volovics <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 07:59:52AM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > > that if we add keybinding support to the menu we will probably > integrate full > > keybinding support back into blackbox. You will note flux already did > this, > > I

Re: FRQ re submenus

2002-05-02 Thread mackstann
> I have always hated that behaviour as well. Brad is > working out a menu rewrite > for the new blackbox lib. We will probably start > working on usability aspects > then. while we're on the subject, i've always wondered why torn off menus don't act like GTK ones. i tear it off, but then if i

Re: selecting and traversing menu's with keys

2002-05-02 Thread Alexander Volovics
On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 07:59:52AM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > that if we add keybinding support to the menu we will probably integrate full > keybinding support back into blackbox. You will note flux already did this, I realized this a minute after I had posted the email :( Even thou