Re: FVWM: Problem with xembed and qt

2011-08-31 Thread Christian Ehrlicher
Thomas Adam schrieb: Hi Chtistian, On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 06:54:37AM +0200, Christian Ehrlicher wrote: sorry for the late reply but I think I found the culprit. There are some hacks in events.c/focus.c (focus_force_refresh_focus and refresh_focus) which seem to steal the focus from the focus p

Re: FVWM: FAO: Thomas Adam - list attitudes and unveiling the person behind email

2011-08-31 Thread Glenn Golden
-- My 2c, as a relatively new list member. I too think highly of Thomas; he's generally quite helpful on the list, and capable of being a very nice and warm fellow. He seems to be extraordinarily dedicated to the project. But in my interactions with him on the list and off, he has also occasiona

Re: FVWM: FAO: Thomas Adam - list attitudes and unveiling the person behind email

2011-08-31 Thread Giovanni Tumiati
Harry portobello wrote: [snip] Harry: when I read your first posting, I thought you were kidding around; I admit I didn't read it to the end. But now I am baffled: you seem to want to create a problem that does not exist. The replies you got on this list indicate that there is no issue with Th

Re: FVWM: FAO: Thomas Adam - list attitudes and unveiling the person behind email

2011-08-31 Thread Julien Guertault
Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 07:29, Harry portobello : > > I'm still convinced that there's room for improvement here and until > then am keen for Thomas to respond - [...] > > No this is not a witch-hunt, but Thomas, silence is a bad thing in > times like these. What exactly is this? Do you realize how co

Re: FVWM: FAO: Thomas Adam - list attitudes and unveiling the person behind email

2011-08-31 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Wed, 31 Aug 2011, B. [simoN] Karhan wrote: as a longtime lurker and very rare poster to the list... i'm most unhappy when this sort of non-sense populates the list... Thomas is dedicated, technically excellent and enormously fair... given the inane nature of these sideline (really gutter)

Re: FVWM: FAO: Thomas Adam - list attitudes and unveiling the person behind email

2011-08-31 Thread Shaika-Dzari
Hi everyone. I want to add my support to Thomas. On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 6:29 PM, Harry portobello wrote: > > Hullo, > > On 31 August 2011 09:06, Thomas Funk wrote: > > Hi Harry, > > > > as I red your email, my first impression was, to take up the cudgels for > > Thomas > > and will told you,

Re: FVWM: FAO: Thomas Adam - list attitudes and unveiling the person behind email

2011-08-31 Thread B. [simoN] Karhan
B. [simoN] Karhan wrote: finally, i do know Thomas personally... my opinion is based fully upon his dedicated assistance towards developing FVWM and supporting it on this list. i meant to say: "i do NOT know Thomas personally"... B.

Re: FVWM: FAO: Thomas Adam - list attitudes and unveiling the person behind email

2011-08-31 Thread B. [simoN] Karhan
as a longtime lurker and very rare poster to the list... i'm most unhappy when this sort of non-sense populates the list... Thomas is dedicated, technically excellent and enormously fair... given the inane nature of these sideline (really gutter) discussions... speaking quite honestly, i f

Re: FVWM: FAO: Thomas Adam - list attitudes and unveiling the person behind email

2011-08-31 Thread Harry portobello
Hullo, On 31 August 2011 09:06, Thomas Funk wrote: > Hi Harry, > > as I red your email, my first impression was, to take up the cudgels for > Thomas > and will told you, that this posting hasn't belong on a public board. But > anyway, > you've done it, so I add one's two cents ... > > Yes, Thom

Re: FVWM: Buttonbar not appearing in fvwm2

2011-08-31 Thread Thomas Adam
Hi, On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 07:53:03PM +, vik wrote: > Any help would be much appreciated - here are the details - > > vncserver version - > vnc/E4.4.2/vncserver > > fvwm2 version - > fvwm2/2.5.17/bin/fvwm2 That's an old version of FVWM. Do you have reason to use this? Please try with F

Re: FVWM: Problem with xembed and qt

2011-08-31 Thread Thomas Adam
Hi Chtistian, On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 06:54:37AM +0200, Christian Ehrlicher wrote: > sorry for the late reply but I think I found the culprit. There are > some hacks in events.c/focus.c (focus_force_refresh_focus and > refresh_focus) which seem to steal the focus from the focus proxy > and therefo

FVWM: Buttonbar not appearing in fvwm2

2011-08-31 Thread vik
Any help would be much appreciated - here are the details - vncserver version - vnc/E4.4.2/vncserver fvwm2 version - fvwm2/2.5.17/bin/fvwm2 OS version - Linux 2.6.16.60-0.58.1.1882.3.PTF.638363-smp (gcc 4.1.2 20070115) em64t architecture fvwm2 comes up fine, but the buttonbar at the bottom

Re: FVWM: FAO: Thomas Adam - list attitudes and unveiling the person behind email

2011-08-31 Thread Shriver, Daniel
I haven't been someone who tried to "contribute to fvwm". I'm just a user. I have to say I haven't had any problems with Thomas Adam or anyone else at fvwm who helped me. I had one issue (trying to find out if I could do something with fvwm) about a year ago and I pestered Thomas and others (ma

Re: FVWM: FAO: Thomas Adam - list attitudes and unveiling the person behind email

2011-08-31 Thread Bert Geens
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 1:17 AM, Harry portobello wrote: > Hi all, > *snip* > > Some people prefer not to waste time with added fluff while communicating, hackers are quite known for this (see also RMS, Linus, Theo, etc.). These people are often very busy and will not waste time with superfluous

Re: FVWM: FAO: Thomas Adam - list attitudes and unveiling the person behind email

2011-08-31 Thread Frank Pittenger (fpitteng)
> -Original Message- > From: Thomas Funk [mailto:t.f...@web.de] > Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 4:07 AM > To: Harry portobello; fvwm@fvwm.org > Subject: Re: FVWM: FAO: Thomas Adam - list attitudes and unveiling the > person behind email > > Hi Harry, > > as I red your email, my first

Re: FVWM: FAO: Thomas Adam - list attitudes and unveiling the person behind email

2011-08-31 Thread Tethys .
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 12:17 AM, Harry portobello wrote: > A few people have privately said to me lately that although they think > fvwm is a great program, they're not happy with the attitudes of the > most active maintainer, Thomas Adam. This surprises me. Primarily because I believe Thomas t

Re: FVWM: FAO: Thomas Adam - list attitudes and unveiling the person behind email

2011-08-31 Thread Thomas Funk
Hi Harry, as I red your email, my first impression was, to take up the cudgels for Thomas and will told you, that this posting hasn't belong on a public board. But anyway, you've done it, so I add one's two cents ... Yes, Thomas is sometimes abrasive, shortspoken and, if the other doesn't rtfm a