Re: Fwd: Re: man page edits.

2002-09-17 Thread Mr. Brigham Young
--- Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 14 September 2002 12:59, Keith T. Fancher wrote: > > > > -Line 572: Where it says you may need to tar and gunzip separately, it > > really should say tar and gzip separately. > > > > actually gunzip is a valid command. > gunzip is

Re: Fwd: Re: man page edits.

2002-09-17 Thread Mr. Brigham Young
--- "Keith T. Fancher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -Line 102: in addition to www.bensinclair.com/dockapp/, perhaps the new > official WindowMaker dockapp site should be mentioned (dockapps.org). > It seems to be a little better as far as actually being able to DOWNLOAD > dockapps, since it mirr

Re: Fwd: Re: man page edits.

2002-09-17 Thread Mr. Brigham Young
I agree. I think that got patched in an edit. actually they will all be on a line by themselves in URL syntax. http://%s/[%s] I'm not much on capitals. Bbkeys looks weird. Only an english teacher would do that. --Brig --- Preben Randhol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMA

Re: Java/Blackbox oversized window bug with IBM JRE

2002-07-25 Thread Mr. Brigham Young
--- Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 25-Jul-2002 Jamin W. Collins wrote: > > On Thu, 25 Jul 2002 13:52:16 -0700 (PDT) "Mr. Brigham Young" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Q: How do you make a Pentium III p

Re: Java/Blackbox oversized window bug with IBM JRE

2002-07-25 Thread Mr. Brigham Young
Q: How do you make a Pentium III perform like a 386? A: Use Java Apps > >Using the four-letter "j" word seems to be a good way to make > >Shaleh use the four-letter "f" word. ;) = -- "R. Brigham Young II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Senior Systems Analyst, CAUSMIS Research Group Dept. of Mater

RFC: blackbox and bsetroot manpages. Speak now or ...

2002-07-22 Thread Mr. Brigham Young
Well I am glad to see everyone is excited about manpages , Before I get started in earnest, let me know if there is anything that you think needs coverage. PLEASE reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so everyone gets a chance to read your comments. Shaleh has made the following comments regarding the manp

Re: [eloli@hotmail.com: Blackbox web site]

2002-07-22 Thread Mr. Brigham Young
--- Jan Schaumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Mr. Brigham Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've started using Nix because it seems more inclusive. > > How's "Nix" (or "*nix") more inclusive than "Un*x"? &

Re: [eloli@hotmail.com: Blackbox web site]

2002-07-22 Thread Mr. Brigham Young
I was struck by two things about this letter. It was written by a proclaimed "Editor in Chief" and used the most atrocious grammar and spelling I have seen in a while. I almost wonder if they didn't get hacked. I know 7th graders that write better. A lot better. The argument is so out of touch w

FAQ for Brigham Young

2002-07-22 Thread Mr. Brigham Young
Full name Robert Brigham Young II, I go by my middle name but actually answer to both fairly reliably depending on the voice. Feel free to call me Brig. To answer once and for all the inevitable questions 1. Yes I am LDS. 2. No I am not a Wacko. 3. I currently have 0 wives. 4. I have never had

RFC: blackbox and bsetroot manpages

2002-07-22 Thread Mr. Brigham Young
Hi All, Before I get started in earnest, let me know if there is anything that you think needs coverage. PLEASE reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so everyone gets a chance to read your comments. Shaleh has made the following comments regarding the manpages. 0.65-release 1) not all features are documen

Re: [eloli@hotmail.com: Blackbox web site]

2002-07-22 Thread Mr. Brigham Young
--- Jan Schaumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The difference is that "M$" contains a judgement. "Un*x" or it's > variants are neutral. It's intended to summarize the various flavors of > UNIX-like operating systems with one word. I've started

Re: intent to remove Top and Bottom Center option from slit

2002-07-16 Thread Mr. Brigham Young
It's OK with me if you remove it. (Shaleh, didn't you just know I'd agree with a feature removal .) My daughter says "oh, you can move it around?" I don't think she cares either. Best, --Brigham Young --- Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone actually use either option an

Re: blackbox and mozilla

2002-05-31 Thread Mr. Brigham Young
This happens to me on FreeBSD with XiGraphics X servers. What is really weird is that if I shade then unshade the window it will work again. It happens under windowmaker, blackbox and twm so I don't think it is a blackbox. --BY --- Adam Hooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dunno if it's any help

Re: My blackbox site, again

2002-05-17 Thread Mr. Brigham Young
tries, --Brig Young ARGH!!! SET REPLY-TO MUNGING!!! :) --- Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 17-May-2002 Mr. Brigham Young wrote: > > So how many people want blackbox associated with a site that has > > apparently hundreds of pictures of dismemb

Re: My blackbox site, again

2002-05-17 Thread Mr. Brigham Young
So how many people want blackbox associated with a site that has apparently hundreds of pictures of dismembered bodies, suicides, murder victims, and traffic accidents? Everybody's got a right to their own weirdness, but that is f*cking sick, and could make blackbox look bad. just my 2 cents. --

bb using gcc STL? SGI? STLport?

2002-05-13 Thread Mr. Brigham Young
Sean, What version of STL are you guys currently using on your boxes? --Brigham Young = --> Brigham Young Senior Project Leader CAUSMIS Senior Technician, MRAM etching University of Idaho Office 208.885.5313 Plasma Lab 208.885.7934 Minerals Lab 208.885.5308 ___

Re: Problems with replying to list.

2002-05-11 Thread Mr. Brigham Young
Young --- Jan Schaumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Mr. Brigham Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey guys, > > > > I use majordomo at work and I know you can set it up to add a > > > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > head

Problems with replying to list.

2002-05-11 Thread Mr. Brigham Young
Hey guys, I use majordomo at work and I know you can set it up to add a Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] header to the mail when majordomo sends it on to the list subscribers. That way you hit reply and it goes back to majordomo without having to dink with anything and keep using whatever mail clie

Re: Fatal Feature-itis

2002-05-03 Thread Mr. Brigham Young
Great Job Sean, I'm making points more for other readers I suspect. I have noticed that other users like blackbox so much that they want it to do the things that most other wms do. I like those features too but I understand what makes bb elite and I'd like others to understand where I am coming fr

Fatal Feature-itis

2002-05-03 Thread Mr. Brigham Young
There is a standard at play here and unless I hear someone say it doesn't matter then that also matters even though the quote received no comment. As far as the point about sloppy coding that is certainly true, but my point is that if you just want a window system to run X, then you just want a wi

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: LainOS

2002-04-18 Thread Mr. Brigham Young
> > >> you ever seen waimea? > heh... printed copies, that's funny, must be a pretty big book, ey? > Yeah they are big, and if you are reading code/Learning structure it is real convenient to sit on the couch with a highlighter and pen. --BY > > > However this simplification came at a pric

Re: LainOS

2002-04-18 Thread Mr. Brigham Young
> > >> you ever seen waimea? > heh... printed copies, that's funny, must be a pretty big book, ey? > Yeah they are big, and if you are reading code/Learning structure it is real convenient to sit on the couch with a highlighter and pen. --BY > > > However this simplification came at a pric

blackbox.alug.org

2002-04-16 Thread Mr. Brigham Young
www.alug.org actually has a pointer now to: http://sourceforge.net/projects/blackboxwm blackbox.alug.org has been pulled out of DNS AFAICT --BY = --> Brigham Young Senior Project Leader CAUSMIS Senior Technician, MRAM etching University of Idaho Office 208.885.5313 Plasma Lab 208.885.7934

Re: Another BlackBox "fan" site

2002-04-16 Thread Mr. Brigham Young
(no antagonism intended :) Of course you can say anything you wish, but, IMHO, it does not change the fact that Blackbox is minimalistic poetry in motion, it is like a haiku, it needs no windy explanation. By using a long explanation of the philosophy of Blackbox you miss the point. small, fast,

Re: Another BlackBox "fan" site

2002-04-15 Thread Mr. Brigham Young
IMHO: It's the Philosophy of blackbox, not the spirit: Small, Fast, Robust. Notice the intellectual recursion, Anything else is just buzzwords. - Blackbox needs a backup presence on the net, bad. Brad et.al. had a pretty good tutorial going at the blackbox.alug.org site but it hasn't been

Re: documentation & install-how-to

2002-04-09 Thread Mr. Brigham Young
Well it helps if you let people know which OS you use. == I use fresh, clean FreeBSD, mostly cause I'm old = If you have CDs you can also find the package on th CDs under x11-wm FTP: NOTE: ALL CAPS MEANS YOU HAVE TO PUT SOMETHING SPECIFIC HERE LIKE ee OR vi PARENTHESIS ARE SUGGES

Re: Blackbox @ SF, good or bad?

2002-04-09 Thread Mr. Brigham Young
Wow, I hadn't heard all that. Too Bad. I had an interesting experience with VA last year. I had gotten a bid for a 32 Node P4 Cluster. The bid sat on my desk for all of 30 days during the discussions of which bid to take. We decided to go with VA, partially because of SourceForge. When I called

Re: slit functionality...

2002-04-03 Thread Mr. Brigham Young
--- Mads Martin Jørgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [Apr 02. 2002 21:53]: > > > > > > I've tried hacks like: > > > bbrun & > > > sleep 1 && bbpager & > > > sleep 1 && wmusic & > > > etc., but these are not consistent. > > > > > > Any _other_ ide