* Jamie Zawinski [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I understand this rationale, but it is still irritating to have it
running hacks that are known not to be installed.
Could there be an extra option, such that it *does* show the
uninstalled
hacks in the list, but it doesn't try to execute them?
That
Uhm, http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/download.html still lists
The latest xscreensaver source, as a gzipped tar file:
xscreensaver-4.23.tar.gz
Oh, heh. I forgot I hadn't released that yet! Sorry.
Well, you've got something to look forward to!
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Hi Jamie,
* Jamie Zawinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005-05-17 05:26:36]:
When ignoreUninstalledPrograms is false, uninstalled programs show up in
the list in xscreensaver-demo, but are grayed out. When it is true,
they are omitted from the list entirely. Therefore, it is useful for it
to be
I understand this rationale, but it is still irritating to have it
running hacks that are known not to be installed.
Could there be an extra option, such that it *does* show the
uninstalled
hacks in the list, but it doesn't try to execute them?
That part was fixed in 4.24.
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Package: xscreensaver
Version: 4.21-3
Severity: wishlist
The ignoreUninstalledPrograms option currently defaults to False.
Since I cannot see the point in willingly trying to run hacks that are
known not to be installed, I suggest changing this default to True.
Either that, or document in the
When ignoreUninstalledPrograms is false, uninstalled programs show up in
the list in xscreensaver-demo, but are grayed out. When it is true,
they are omitted from the list entirely. Therefore, it is useful for it
to be false so that people can see what other hacks would be available
if they took
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