"Eric S. Raymond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> If there were already a library in ths stock Python distribution to
> digest .Xdefaults files I might consider this. Perhaps I'll write
> one.
No, please don't! .Xdefaults files as loaded by xrdb can contain cpp
directives which can depend on the
[John Cowan]
> The whole point of CML2 is to make kernel configuration something
> that Aunt Tillie (or a reasonable facsimile thereof) can do, and we
> are all Aunt Tillies from time to time. That includes differing
> standards of readability,
Come on, that's absolutely a red herring. There a
Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> Other possibility: support only the 16 EGA colors by name.
Excellent idea!
> But if I do that,
> some of the X colors are just *wrong* on standard gray background
> (cyan is a good example).
So let the user set the background color too. I find gray backgrounds
a m
John Cowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > If there were already a library in ths stock Python distribution to digest
> > .Xdefaults files I might consider this. Perhaps I'll write one. But I'm
> > not going to bulk up the CML2 code with this marginal feature.
>
> Then support a private mechanism if y
On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
>Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 20:55:56 -0400
>From: Eric S. Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: james rich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Eric S. Raymond scripsit:
> That way lies featuritis, IMO.
Only if you let it.
> If there were already a library in ths stock Python distribution to digest
> .Xdefaults files I might consider this. Perhaps I'll write one. But I'm
> not going to bulk up the CML2 code with this marginal feature
> > telling us the Tk library, which for 8 or 10 years has been pretty much
> > *the* X toolkit/widget set for scripting, does not include an interface
> > to X resources?
Of course it does; in an idiosyncratic way (not directly using X
resources) but it does use the X resource file syntax.
> If
On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 11:20:48PM -0400, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> Peter Samuelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > Wait ... I thought you were just using Python bindings to Tk. Are you
> > telling us the Tk library, which for 8 or 10 years has been pretty much
> > *the* X toolkit/widget set for scriptin
On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 05:42:23PM -0400, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> Release 1.1.3:
First I must say that versions 1.1.2, 1.1.3 are much faster
than previous, I really cannot say that CML2 is in some way
unusable for me. Good work!
> * Freeze color changed from cyan to blue.
Erm. Yes, in
Peter Samuelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Wait ... I thought you were just using Python bindings to Tk. Are you
> telling us the Tk library, which for 8 or 10 years has been pretty much
> *the* X toolkit/widget set for scripting, does not include an interface
> to X resources?
If it does, it's not
[esr]
> If there were already a library in ths stock Python distribution to
> digest .Xdefaults files I might consider this. Perhaps I'll write
> one. But I'm not going to bulk up the CML2 code with this marginal
> feature.
Wait ... I thought you were just using Python bindings to Tk. Are you
james rich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > Instead, read the colors from the .Xdefaults system.
>
> Yes, truly this should be done. Sensible defaults should be used (and I
> think we may be at that point) and then use .Xdefaults (.Xresources or
> whatever) to allow site overrides. And I really do thin
On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, John Cowan wrote:
> Eric S. Raymond wrote:
>
> > Release 1.1.3:
> > * Freeze color changed from cyan to blue.
>
> Instead, read the colors from the .Xdefaults system.
Yes, truly this should be done. Sensible defaults should be used (and I
think we may be at that poin
On Monday 16 April 2001 16:06, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> Steven Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > Whoops, I just tried out 1.1.3 using make xconfig, and now all the
> > option labels are dark green, not just the ones set to y.
>
> That's because they're set in your .config, dude!
Well, lets look at a
Steven Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Whoops, I just tried out 1.1.3 using make xconfig, and now all the
> option labels are dark green, not just the ones set to y.
That's because they're set in your .config, dude!
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On Monday 16 April 2001 15:42, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> CML2 NEWS
>
> The latest version is always available at http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/cml2/
>
> Release 1.1.3:
> * Freeze color changed from cyan to blue.
> * Tom Rini's network-configuration patches.
> * Better detection of se
Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> CML2 NEWS
>
> The latest version is always available at http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/cml2/
>
> Release 1.1.3:
> * Freeze color changed from cyan to blue.
I suggest you stop dinking the colors. There will always be some
colors, for so
CML2 NEWS
The latest version is always available at http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/cml2/
Release 1.1.3:
* Freeze color changed from cyan to blue.
* Tom Rini's network-configuration patches.
* Better detection of set variables to be colored gre
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