Making WindowMaker the default GUI for Ubuntu 11.04

2011-06-23 Thread Paul Seelig
Hello, being a user of WMaker since possibly ten years or even more (just can't remember), i never really got used to all these advancements in the Linux GUI development. i tried them all, but always came back. And now Canonical, while creating a wonderful distribution, appears to be ruining the G

Re: Making WindowMaker the default GUI for Ubuntu 11.04

2011-06-27 Thread Paul Seelig
Hi again, it's summertime, and it looks like nobody bothers about WindowMaker related stuff. I just had one single feedback so far (thanks Marlon!), and the traffic statistics for www.rumbero.org/wmlive seem to suggest that everybody spends most of their time at the beach. ;) Anyway, i kept on sc

Re: Making WindowMaker the default GUI for Ubuntu 11.04

2011-06-27 Thread Paul Seelig
On 06/28/2011 01:36 AM, sean wrote: > Have you thought of investigating the possibility of taking over the > Windowmaker project? > No, have you? So, why not? ;) > Sadly, it is going nowhere for such a long time now. > But you are aware about http://repo.or.cz/w/wmaker-crm.git are you? Just co

Re: Making WindowMaker the default GUI for Ubuntu 11.04

2011-06-28 Thread Paul Seelig
Hi Martin, the GTK theme used is the good old but unmaintained GTK2-Step which is still available from http://art.gnome.org/themes/gtk2/595 . Luckily, it happens to work mostly fine with the current classic Gnome. And for the window decorations, i actually do prefer the more modern ones i used. ;)

Re: website - where is link to git repo??

2011-08-05 Thread Paul Seelig
Just for the record, there actually is a "freaking WindowMaker Facebook page", even mentioning wmaker-crm, as i just found out: www.facebook.com/pages/WindowMaker/44472946939 And it should really be "abused" for some sensible public relations activities. Best regards Paul On 08/05/2011 06:05 PM

Re: WM default settings [Re: website - where is link to git repo??]

2011-08-06 Thread Paul Seelig
On 08/06/2011 09:09 AM, Martin Dietze wrote: > [...] but for newbies there should be a > decent pre-configuration to make it attractive (think of the > way Ubuntu pre-configures Gnome, that makes a difference). > I do fullheartedly and always agree! In WMLive, i tried to integrate the Debian/Ubun

Re: WM default settings [Re: website - where is link to git repo??]

2011-08-06 Thread Paul Seelig
On 08/06/2011 10:00 AM, Ed Snyder wrote: > I haven't posted to the list in a bit, but as Martin may remember (and > Carlos), I have my own Window Maker distro. http://liquidlemur.org is > the site. The current (Beta 3) theme is simple and to the point (Check > the Gallery at the site). However, a c

Re: WM default settings [Re: website - where is link to git repo??]

2011-08-06 Thread Paul Seelig
On 08/06/2011 10:00 AM, Ed Snyder wrote: > I haven't posted to the list in a bit, but as Martin may remember (and > Carlos), I have my own Window Maker distro. http://liquidlemur.org is > the site. The current (Beta 3) theme is simple and to the point (Check > the Gallery at the site). However, a c

Re: website - where is link to git repo??

2011-08-06 Thread Paul Seelig
On 08/05/2011 08:58 PM, John H. Robinson, IV wrote: > Doug Barton wrote: >> On 08/05/2011 09:23, John H. Robinson, IV wrote: >>> Or are you suggesting to lynx -dump -source > index.html and edit the >>> result? >> >> That would be a reasonable first step. Two weeks is long in net.time. :) > > I'll

Re: WM default settings [Re: website - where is link to git repo??]

2011-08-06 Thread Paul Seelig
On 08/06/2011 08:51 PM, Ed Snyder wrote: > I was not aware of other Window Maker distros (other than GNUstep). Do > you have a web site for your project? > Check out www.rumbero.org/wmlive for details, but there is no iso download (anymore). My main focus consists of converting a standard Ubuntu 1

Re: WM default settings [Re: website - where is link to git repo??]

2011-08-06 Thread Paul Seelig
On 08/06/2011 08:51 PM, Ed Snyder wrote: > I was not aware of other Window Maker distros (other than GNUstep). > If you wouldn't have posted to the list, i wouldn't be aware of your wonderful work! ;) This clearly proves that we need a *living* Window Maker web site, so that we all can be made aw

Re: WM default settings

2011-08-07 Thread Paul Seelig
On 08/06/2011 02:34 PM, Carlos R. Mafra wrote: > dockapps bundled in wmaker-crm. Quite frankly, if we expect people > to use WM we need to have a easy way to mount stuff (wmvolman) and > a way to manage applications which require a system tray (wmsystemtray). > I have compiled them for my Debian/a

Re: New Window Maker Website

2011-08-15 Thread Paul Seelig
On 08/15/2011 10:54 PM, Haroldo Santos wrote: > I think that the way that versions are presented: > > 0.92 (stable) > git (snapshot) > > Is a bit misleading. > I think that "stable" should be replaced by the term "legacy", and a stable release should take an empty placeholder instead. T

Re: [PATCH] Crop dock to screen size

2012-01-06 Thread Paul Seelig
On 01/06/2012 05:40 PM, Carlos R. Mafra wrote: > And what would you like to happen with your dockapps in that situation if > they'd no longer fit? Wmaker making the decision for you which dockapps > are no longer "necessary" based on their random position on the screen > and dropping them? > As

Re: Fwd: wmaker_0.95.0+20111028-1_i386.changes ACCEPTED into unstable

2012-01-06 Thread Paul Seelig
Hi Rodolfo, as a long term Debian user since the mid nineties, please accept my congratulations and wholehearted appraisal for resurrecting the wmaker Debian packages! Thank you! I have been using wmaker since it was introduced in Debian and i am very happy that it continues being maintained as a

Re: [PATCH 5/6] getstyle: Get rid of abortar()

2012-01-15 Thread Paul Seelig
On 01/15/2012 08:22 PM, Carlos R. Mafra wrote: > Is there a way to see them? If not, isn't this something we should > do something about? -- like writing those warnings to ~/GNUstep/warnings.txt > or something? > Both in Debian and Ubuntu, but also in Fedora, any such messages are usually logged i

Re: Patches

2012-01-26 Thread Paul Seelig
On 01/27/2012 12:21 AM, Rodolfo kix Garcia wrote: > > Sorry for the amount of files. > It is somehow strange to have such a generous code donor apologizing for passing on such crown jewels as a gift to the whole world! :D Just one word: Thanks! Best regards Paul -- To unsubscribe, send mail

Re: Window Maker 0.95.1

2012-01-29 Thread Paul Seelig
Hello Carlos, unfrtunately, building the debian package of wmaker-0.95.1 fails with the included debian subdir because the formerly removed proplist-compat.h is still referenced. A simple diff has been attached. Thanks a lot! Paul On 01/29/2012 01:00 PM, Carlos R. Mafra wrote: > I've pushed a ta

Re: Window Maker 0.95.1

2012-01-29 Thread Paul Seelig
On 01/29/2012 05:43 PM, Rodolfo kix Garcia wrote: > On 29/01/12 17:31, Carlos R. Mafra wrote: >> Thanks Rodolfo, but it doesn't apply. [...] > Here is ok :-? > When applied manually via cat ../0001-debian-New-debian-version-0.95.1-1.patch | patch -p1 from within the build tree, it cleanly applie

WMLive CD/DVD ISO updated

2012-01-30 Thread Paul Seelig
Hi all, with the newly released wmaker-0.95.1 with it's now fully functional debianization, i have updated my WMLive web page with a new build of a live WindowMaker system based on Ubuntu 11.04. On http://www.rumbero.org/wmlive you will find a xzipped tar archive containing the scripts and customi

Re: WMLive CD/DVD ISO updated

2012-01-30 Thread Paul Seelig
On 01/30/2012 10:43 PM, Carlos R. Mafra wrote: > On Mon, 30 Jan 2012 at 21:45:22 +0100, Paul Seelig wrote: >> >> http://www.rumbero.org/wmlive > > In that page you say that whenever a new app is installed > the menus are regenerated. > > What do you use to regenerat

Re: WMLive CD/DVD ISO updated

2012-01-30 Thread Paul Seelig
On 01/30/2012 11:20 PM, rodolfogarc...@gmail.com wrote: > Why not the menu package? > -- > Enviado desde mi teléfono Android con K-9 Mail. Disculpa mi brevedad > > Paul Seelig escribió: > > On 01/30/2012 10:43 PM, Carlos R. Mafra wrote: > > On Mon, 30 Jan 2012

Re: WMLive CD/DVD ISO updated

2012-01-30 Thread Paul Seelig
more with GTK3 based applications, and unfortunately i haven't found any suitable GTK3-Step equivalent yet. I prefer this theme due to its clear and simple look. Thanks Paul On 01/30/2012 11:27 PM, Martin Dietze wrote: > On Mon, January 30, 2012, Paul Seelig wrote: > >> with the n

Re: WMLive CD/DVD ISO updated

2012-01-31 Thread Paul Seelig
well, so i didn't dare to modify it more than necessary to make it work. Regards Paul > Thanks! > kix > > On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:07:38 +0100, Paul Seelig wrote: >> Hi Martin, >> >> To tell the truth, personally i consider the default configuration to be >>

Re: WMLive CD/DVD ISO updated

2012-02-01 Thread Paul Seelig
> now. They are keeping it going, but are saving the Window Maker version > for me. :) > > I should be back at it in a couple of weeks, So, any suggestions on how > to make it better would be great. > > Thanks! > Ed > > P.S. Apologies if this is top posted...r

Re: What about some nice desktop effects.

2012-02-01 Thread Paul Seelig
As long as any kind of such effects can be easily turned off, i wouldn't mind if someone dares to invest his time to contribute the code for it. But i wouldn't be unhappy if there is nothing to be turned off either, as the result would be the same from my point of view. On the other hand, i don't

Re: What about some nice desktop effects.

2012-02-01 Thread Paul Seelig
On 02/01/2012 09:16 PM, Carlos R. Mafra wrote: >> - the currently not working "Save Theme" function of the Appearance > > I think I fixed this one a few weeks ago. I've just tested here and > it works. > For me, only "Save IconSet" works, but "Save Theme" still has no effect. This is for the 0.9

Re: What about some nice desktop effects.

2012-02-01 Thread Paul Seelig
On 02/01/2012 10:10 PM, Carlos R. Mafra wrote: > IIRC, I had to change -t to -p and remove the path specification. > Thanks! This clearly resolved the issue also for me! The WPrefs menu editor is a very useful tool indeed. :) >> as a global default. A few weeks ago i noted that it is not possibl

More menu related issues [was: What about some nice desktop effects.]

2012-02-02 Thread Paul Seelig
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi Carlos, real users don't bother about documentation, but prefer to ask for help about the obvious on mailing lists. :D But a related note in the NEWS file definitely liberates developers from any responsibilities. ;) On 02/01/2012 10:38 PM, Car

Re: WMLive CD/DVD ISO updated

2012-02-02 Thread Paul Seelig
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi Rodolfo, thanks a lot for your invaluable remarks! They are very welcome! :) While you are absolutely right with all your comments, please just consider my attempt as a rough draft to create an actually working WMaker Live CD. If this thing is e

Re: WMLive CD/DVD ISO updated

2012-02-02 Thread Paul Seelig
> the scripts in wmlive-wmconfig.tar.xz are included too in the > gdm-env_.xz, gnome-env_.xz and wmaker-env_.xz (see > /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/sbin folders in these files). > Just ignore them for the time being: They serve a double function, as in they are backups of lots of user related set

Re: WMLive CD/DVD ISO updated

2012-02-02 Thread Paul Seelig
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 02/02/2012 11:28 AM, Paul Seelig wrote: > > Up until now, not a single person seems to have bothered to > download one of the ISO images i provide via bittorrent. It would > be nice if some people could download and actually run

Re: wmakerconf

2012-02-03 Thread Paul Seelig
For what it's worth, just let me state that gave up on using wmakerconf lots of years ago, simply because it is no integral part of wmaker and mainly just duplicates the function of WPrefs, maybe adding just a few minor, but ratjer prescindible things. I just installed it in order to have a last lo

WMLive ISO remastering scripts and images updated, again

2012-02-08 Thread Paul Seelig
Hello all, just can't believe that i've managed to invest so much time into this little project of mine! I have done at least ten more "releases" of this script package in the meantime, along with freshly created ISO images. Nobody ever saw them, lest downloaded any of these, because it all happen

wmlive-create 0.62 released

2012-02-11 Thread Paul Seelig
Hello all, The WMLive CD project provides a preconfigured Window Maker desktop to showcase how user friendly, practical and attractive any Window Maker desktop actually is. It is featuring the most recent released official Window Maker version from end of January 2012, not the old fashioned one fr

Re: wmlive-create 0.62 released

2012-02-13 Thread Paul Seelig
As already written in a former private mail reply, i will also try to give some follow up on your invaluable feedback here. On 02/13/2012 12:58 AM, Bill Nance wrote: > 1. This is a very well done effort. I have only used the release as > a live CD so far, but the live version booted without a hi

Re: wmlive-create 0.62 released

2012-02-13 Thread Paul Seelig
On 02/13/2012 08:27 PM, Carlos R. Mafra wrote: > I use nm-applet all the time here and I've never seen this appicon. > And I've just checked that I don't have any "NoAppIcon" attribute set > for nm-applet on WMWindowAttributes. > As i wrote, it is not the nm-applet itself which launches an icon.

wmlive-create 0.65 with new iso images released

2012-02-15 Thread Paul Seelig
Hello all, Window Maker Live's wmlive-create version 0.65 has been released and the project was moved over to sourceforge here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/wmlive Highlights are the inclusion of the very latest wmaker-0.95.2 version and lots of rearrangements, enhancements and bug fixe

Re: SV: wmlive-create 0.65 with new iso images released

2012-02-16 Thread Paul Seelig
On 02/16/2012 11:32 AM, Andersson Jimmie (Telenor Sverige AB) wrote: > Does it work with 11.10 too? > While i haven't tried yet, i'm quite certain that the conversion of anything earlier than 11.04 will not properly work without former revision of the conversion mechanisms. Unfortunately i lack th

Re: SV: wmlive-create 0.65 with new iso images released

2012-02-16 Thread Paul Seelig
probably makes a WMlive something between Ubuntu 11.04 and 11.10. Thanks Paul > On February 16, 2012 12:06 PM Paul Seelig wrote: >> On 02/16/2012 11:32 AM, Andersson Jimmie (Telenor Sverige AB) wrote: >> Does it work with 11.10 too? >> > While i haven't tried yet, i'

Re: SV: wmlive-create 0.65 with new iso images released

2012-02-16 Thread Paul Seelig
On 02/16/2012 08:33 PM, Rodolfo García Peñas wrote: > I like the idea of live CD, but IMO, you should think to include all > as you can in the upstream. This is better for you because you will > have less work in the updates, and the upstream can include some > interesting things. > Well, the main

Re: Defaul dockapps on distros (was Re: Mageia WindowsMaker package)

2012-02-18 Thread Paul Seelig
On 02/18/2012 12:23 PM, Kamil Rytarowski wrote: > - dockapps: wmcalclock, wmsystray, wmvolman - I'm thinking also of wmlaptop > I would also suggest a dockapp for basic sound volume manipulation, as it is definitely one of the primary needs of a normal deskop user. This would also be adviceable for

Launch WPrefs by default via the primary dock button (was: Defaul dockapps on distros)

2012-02-18 Thread Paul Seelig
On 02/18/2012 12:23 PM, Kamil Rytarowski wrote: > - change the behaviour of the "About GNUStep" button, and pick there the > configuration (one free space for a dock) > +1 Using the primary dock button for launching WPrefs shold definitely be the overall default already on source code level! This

Re: Launch WPrefs by default via the primary dock button

2012-02-19 Thread Paul Seelig
On 02/19/2012 02:19 PM, Carlos R. Mafra wrote: > But what really makes me sad about the default minimalistic approach > is that it makes it harder for other people to try wmaker. > Fully agreed. That is also what is actually tried to accomplish with WMLive as the primary objective. I would like t

Re: Defaul dockapps on distros (was Re: Mageia WindowsMaker package)

2012-02-25 Thread Paul Seelig
On 02/25/2012 12:45 PM, Rodolfo García Peñas wrote: > On Sat, 25 Feb 2012, Kamil Rytarowski escribió: >> In the autostart: >> - nm-applet > > I don't like nm-applet: > There is always wicd, which perfectly replaces nm-applet, and has the added benefit of being fairly desktop environment agnostic

[RELEASE] Window Maker Live ISO is now based on Debian/sid

2012-02-25 Thread Paul Seelig
Hello, i'd like to announce a completely redone Window Maker Live ISO image has been upploaded to sourceforge and is now available for direct download, and also via bittorrent. Since Ubuntu in the end didn't provide what is actualy needed for this project, i took some time and effort to switch my

Re: [RELEASE] Window Maker Live ISO is now based on Debian/sid

2012-02-26 Thread Paul Seelig
Hi Rodolfo, funny that you are asking, since these things shouldn't even be prompted for when running the live system. The user is by default named "user", and since you are automatically logged in to the live session, actually no password is needed. Nonetheless, according to the live.debian.net

Re: [RELEASE] Window Maker Live ISO is now based on Debian/sid

2012-02-26 Thread Paul Seelig
On 02/26/2012 10:37 PM, Paul Seelig wrote: > Nonetheless, according to the live.debian.net documentation the default > passwd for the user "user" is "live": > > http://live.debian.net/manual/html/customizing-run-time-behaviours.en.html#496 > Obviously, this

Re: [RELEASE] Window Maker Live ISO is now based on Debian/sid

2012-02-26 Thread Paul Seelig
On 02/26/2012 10:52 PM, Rodolfo García Peñas wrote: > I downloaded the CD, burned it, and I tried to test :-) > So you actually burned it to disk? I must admit that i never did that for testing, as i despise the optical disk handling. I mainly used the ISO in KVM and for physical machines i used i

Re: wmlib folder back?

2012-02-26 Thread Paul Seelig
Hombre, calmate! Democracy is no applicable concept in light of technical requirements! If fsviewer doesn't compile anymore due to some easily curable lack on wmaker's behalf, then this is rather good practice IMHO. Upstream is a moving target, and distribution packagers have to adapt to some deg

Re: wmlib folder back?

2012-02-26 Thread Paul Seelig
On 02/27/2012 12:12 AM, Carlos R. Mafra wrote: > On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 at 23:57:49 +0100, Paul Seelig wrote: >> And while we are at it, since the removal of include/WINGs, wmmail >> doesn't compile anymore. > > Which removal is that? If you paste the compilation failu

Re: wmlive-debian Review

2012-02-28 Thread Paul Seelig
Hello Bill, as you can see, Window Maker Live is indeed a moving target, and a fair share of breakage and enhancements is to be anticipated. ;) On 02/28/2012 08:44 PM, Bill Nance wrote: > > 1. The Debian installer fails at the grub2 installation phase. [ ... ] > The installer > failure is not e

Re: wmlive-debian Review

2012-02-29 Thread Paul Seelig
On 02/29/2012 12:56 AM, Rodolfo García Peñas wrote: > On Tue, 28 Feb 2012, Paul Seelig escribió: > My contributions to Debian and Window Maker (and other software) are > on my free time too. Viewing it from a different angle, investing our unpaid free time in such endeavours definitely

Re: wmlive-debian Review

2012-02-29 Thread Paul Seelig
>> On 02/29/2012 12:56 AM, Rodolfo García Peñas wrote: >>> On Tue, 28 Feb 2012, Paul Seelig escribió: >>> If somebody donate money in the wmlive project >>> homepage, please, share it with me ;-) >>> >> No problem! ;) > > Send "my" m

Re: Debian Menu Moved to Root

2012-02-29 Thread Paul Seelig
On 03/01/2012 12:40 AM, Rodolfo García Peñas wrote: > If you don't want to apply the patch+compile+... You can change the > lines with "-" by "+" in /etc/menu-methods/wmaker file, then run > "update-menus -v" as root. Then show the menu (right click). > The resulting menu is in both cases the same

Window Maker Live release 20120301 available

2012-03-02 Thread Paul Seelig
Hello all, after some very discouraging fights with the failing web upload facilities of sourceforge for large files, and a subsequent switch to good old rsync, i finally managed to upload a new version of Window Maker Live. Mainly covering the very helpful feedback by Bill Nance Major for the fo

Re: Patches

2012-03-03 Thread Paul Seelig
Hi Rodolfo, i have just performed a git checkout of the latest next branch sources, in order to apply your patches, and built and installed the Debian packages. They still build just fine. ;) But, why do you use the new rootprefix="/etc/WindowMaker" instead of the standard root

Re: Patches

2012-03-03 Thread Paul Seelig
On 03/03/2012 09:20 PM, Rodolfo García Peñas wrote: > Please, do not make top posting. > In real life, things like this happen once in a while. You will get used to it. :) > About /etc/X11/WindowMaker: > - Is only used in Debian. > - There is no /etc/X11/Gnome /etc/X11/kde ... > As we all agree

Re: Patches

2012-03-03 Thread Paul Seelig
On 03/03/2012 10:47 PM, Rodolfo García Peñas wrote: > On Sat, 03 Mar 2012, Paul Seelig escribió: >>> About /etc/GNUstep: >>> - WindowMaker is a part of GNUstep? No. >>> >> No, it isn't, but $HOME/GNUstep still remains unchanged, isn't it?. > > T

Re: Window Maker Live release 20120301 available

2012-03-03 Thread Paul Seelig
On 03/03/2012 11:06 PM, Haroldo Santos wrote: > > Default file manager is thunar, right ? > Whatever you please to define. ;) I have chosen thunar for the ISO only because it requires far less storage volume than nautilus, and also because i wanted to keep Gnome dependencies as little as possibl

Re: Patches

2012-03-03 Thread Paul Seelig
On 03/03/2012 09:33 PM, Rodolfo García Peñas wrote: > On Sat, 03 Mar 2012, Paul Seelig escribió: >> menu, which should be under full control of the user via the WPrefs menu >> editor, and with the Debian applications menu being one of the first >> level submenus. That would be

Re: Window Maker Live release 20120301 available

2012-03-03 Thread Paul Seelig
On 03/04/2012 12:36 AM, Nuno Donato wrote: > Have you tried PCManFM? I think it's the default file manager of LXDE. > Has good looks and its very light too (like all of LXDE apps). > Yes, i did test it. But since Window Maker Live also contains a fair share of XFCE components, thunar was the bette

Re: Patches

2012-03-03 Thread Paul Seelig
On 03/03/2012 11:05 PM, Carlos R. Mafra wrote: > I don't have a /etc/GNUstep/ folder at all here. What's this all > about? > This is about the standard location of global system wide configuration files for Window Maker. On your Linux system (still SuSE?), if there is no /etc/GNUstep folder, then

Window Maker Live 2012-03-05 released

2012-03-05 Thread Paul Seelig
experience. This would be absolutely helpful to find and fix any remaining bug. Thanks! Best regards, Paul -- Paul Seelig http://wmlive.sourceforge.net -- To unsubscribe, send mail to wmaker-dev-unsubscr...@lists.windowmaker.org.

Re: Window Maker Live 2012-03-05 released

2012-03-05 Thread Paul Seelig
On 03/05/2012 08:54 PM, Paul Seelig wrote: > i have just finished to complete the upload of a new release, which not > only addresses the former suggestion by Bill Nance to add a note to the > grub splash informing users how to enter kernel boot options, but also > Just a small corre

Uploaded wmlive-wmaker-env_20120308 preferences configuration

2012-03-07 Thread Paul Seelig
k of a suitable menu editor. Maybe this would be a nice little project for one of the aspiring WINGs programmers somewhere out there in the Window Maker user crowd? As always, feedback, critique, appraisal, Bitcoins, Paypal, and last not least, patches are very welcome. Enjoy! Pa

Re: Uploaded wmlive-wmaker-env_20120308 preferences configuration

2012-03-08 Thread Paul Seelig
On 03/08/2012 08:46 PM, Rodolfo kix Garcia wrote: > I will try to explain how the menu is implemented in Debian. I spent a > lot of time to understand it. > Thanks, there is no need for any explanation, i am aware about how it works. I just chose to use the menu system in a much different way than

Fwd: Window Maker Live CD included in the Softpedia Linux software database

2012-03-08 Thread Paul Seelig
FYI I am a bit suprised to have received this notice, and i am not really sure if it is a good or a bad thing. But hopefully it will somehow add to the populariy of Window Maker (the window manager!). Best regards Paul -- http://wmlive.sourceforge.net Original Message To: wm

Window Maker Live release 2012-03-11 available

2012-03-11 Thread Paul Seelig
to properly sync the outdated local apt repository information of the system, and Synaptic will work as expected afterwards. For more detailed changes information, please consult the accompanying ChangeLog file, which is also available separately in the Sourceforge download area for Window Make

ERRATA (was: Window Maker Live release 2012-03-11 available)

2012-03-11 Thread Paul Seelig
ript, or add a valid entry for the 'sid' branch to your local /etc/apt/sources.list for the script to succeed finding the expected entry, making it stop adding any further updates to this configuration file. Sorry for any inconvenience caused! Best regards, Paul

Window Maker Live 2012-03-18 now available

2012-03-19 Thread Paul Seelig
ng Window Maker Live! Best regards, Paul Seelig -- Paul Seelig http://wmlive.sourceforge.net -- To unsubscribe, send mail to wmaker-dev-unsubscr...@lists.windowmaker.org.

Re: WMMon 1.2b1

2012-03-26 Thread Paul Seelig
On 03/26/2012 10:16 PM, coydog wrote: > I have no idea how many people are using wmmon these days, so the amount > of time I spend on new features will depend on how much interest there is. > This here might give you an idea how many debian users participating in the debian package popularity cont

April Fools Release of Window Maker Live 2012-04-01

2012-04-01 Thread Paul Seelig
tailed changes information, please consult the ChangeLog.txt file, which is also available separately in the Window Maker Live download area on Sourceforge. Enjoy installing and using Window Maker Live! Best regards, Paul Seelig -- Paul Seelig http://wmlive.sourceforge.net -- To unsubscribe, send mail to wmaker-dev-unsubscr...@lists.windowmaker.org.

Re: Feature Request: Add support for random/rotating wallpapers

2012-04-09 Thread Paul Seelig
for > it and coukld add it to our feature list on the windowmaker.org site :-) Who exactly is "we", please? Does it include you? Did you already bother to prepare a patch for your proposals? Best regards, Paul -- Paul Seelig http://wmlive.sourceforge.net -- To uns

Re: wmaker and xrandr

2012-04-09 Thread Paul Seelig
eparately from here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/wmlive/files/wmlive-wmaker-env_20120308.tar.gz The build tree archive for wmlive contains an even more up to date version: http://sourceforge.net/projects/wmlive/files/wmlive_2012-04-01/wmlive-config_2012-04-01.tar.gz Best regards, Paul --

Re: Patch: Make maximize hotkeys more intuitive

2012-05-05 Thread Paul Seelig
Thanks a lot for this, Iain! In fact, the descibed maximizing/unmaximizing behaviour used to be exactly like this in the original WindowMaker releases before it was forked into the wmaker-crm version. Sometime during the development of wmaker-crm this behaviour was broken, although i am not sure i

Announcing wmlive (2012-06-02) Precious Feedback Release Version

2012-06-03 Thread Paul Seelig
people would get involved with the maintenance and further enhancement of wmlive. Please contact me if you are interested to move this project further along and beyond its currrent limitations. Enjoy installing and using Window Maker Live! Best regards, Paul Seelig -- Paul Seelig http

Re: Patch: Prevent windows from drifting on restart

2012-11-18 Thread Paul Seelig
Hello Iain, yes indeed, it works now! :) I just came around to checkout, compile, and install the latest wmaker-crm, and can now confirm that the reported issue is resolved. Thanks a lot! Regards, Paul On 11/17/2012 02:06 AM, Iain Patterson wrote: > With these two extra patches there should

wmlive build tree

2012-12-03 Thread Paul Seelig
Hi all, i do need your eyes and expertise to overcome my own blindness for the limitations of my little wmlive project. Until the new Window Maker version finally becomes available, in order to produce new ISO images, here is something fo the more adventurous minds. I have been working intensive

Re: bug: struggle on preventing duplicated docks

2012-12-28 Thread Paul Seelig
Why does this constitute a bug? It is perfectly possible to start dock applications multiple times, and IMHO this is not a bug in itself. I usually start dockapps via a short script, which first checs whether the application is already running before unnecessarily spawning a superfluous new insta

Window Maker Live 2013-03-06

2013-03-07 Thread Paul Seelig
. Any feedback is very welcome! Please find attached the README file which can also be downloaded from sourceforge.net. Best regards, Paul Seelig http://wmlive.sourceforge.net ### wmlive (2013-03-06) Based on Window Maker 0.95.4 Window Maker Live (wmlive) is an installable live CD/ISO, based

Re: Drawers and more

2013-03-24 Thread Paul Seelig
On 03/23/2013 12:24 AM, Carlos R. Mafra wrote: > On Fri, 22 Mar 2013 at 23:22:48 +0100, Daniel Déchelotte wrote: >> >> Drawers are like the dock and the clip in that they store arbitrary >> appicons. [ snip ] >> it is configurable through WPrefs.app. > > What's the difference w.r.t to the dockapp

Re: Drawers and more

2013-03-24 Thread Paul Seelig
On 03/25/2013 12:58 AM, Daniel Déchelotte wrote: [snip] > (Paul, the WPrefs setting is just to enable drawers. Once enabled, > right-click on the dock or any docked appicon and select "Add a > drawer" to, well, add a drawer. Then drap appicons into it. Drawers > auto-expand by default, but that's c

wmaker advancements and enhancements [was: Replace and be replaced]

2013-09-01 Thread Paul Seelig
On 08/29/2013 11:32 AM, Iain Patterson wrote: > Quoth I, > >> This patch allows wmaker to replace existing window managers with the >> --replace flag, like xfwm4 and metacity can. It also allows those >> window managers (or another wmaker) to replace wmaker in the same way. > >From a user's point

Re: wmaker advancements and enhancements [was: Replace and be replaced]

2013-09-01 Thread Paul Seelig
On 09/01/2013 08:22 PM, Carlos R. Mafra wrote: > I don't think that "other window managers do" is a reason to include > code doing exoteric stuff and used once or twice in a lifetime > I guess it is a matter of perspective. Sometimes less is not more, even if it might appear so when having a first

Re: wmaker advancements and enhancements [was: Replace and be replaced]

2013-09-01 Thread Paul Seelig
On 09/02/2013 12:13 AM, SJS wrote: > I'd argue that this is not an _industry_ standard, only a _Microsoft_ > standard. And if I wanted the Microsoft UX, I'd use Microsoft Windows, > thankyouverymuch. > If i am not completely mistaken, this precedes MS Windows. I do not really bother using Windows

Re: [PATCH] Basic WINGs theming

2013-11-04 Thread Paul Seelig
Let me raise my voice as the guy who made the Debian Linux spinoff "Window Maker Live" (aka wmlive) available, which uses Window Maker as default graphical interface, and who was forced to base some design decisions based only(!) on the theming shortcomings of WINGs. On 11/04/2013 06:00 PM, Carlos

Re: [PATCH] Basic WINGs theming

2013-11-14 Thread Paul Seelig
On 11/14/2013 08:00 PM, Carlos R. Mafra wrote: > People argue that "new users" will like to change widget colors in the > _future_. > I argue that old users don't care _now_. > Well, i am one of those old users, if not even one of the very old users of wmaker. I use it since at least since the y

Re: Github repository

2013-11-18 Thread Paul Seelig
On 11/18/2013 10:38 AM, Rodolfo García Peñas (kix) wrote: > > Why you don't reply other mails? Why you don't reply Christian? Why you > don't reply Haroldo, or Paul? > Rodolfo, for what it's worth, i don't see why Carlos should have to reply to my input at all. There is no need for him to argue a

Re: [PATCH] wmaker: Remove dead links from BUGFORM.

2014-09-12 Thread Paul Seelig
Hmmm, there is no point in asking people to use an unreachable bug tracker website: --- snip --- The following error was encountered while trying to retrieve the URL: http://bugs.windowmaker.org/projects/wmaker/issues Unable to determine IP address from host name bugs.windowmaker.org The DNS ser

Re: [PATCH] wmaker: Remove dead links from BUGFORM.

2014-09-12 Thread Paul Seelig
Douglas, I promise to exercise proper reading comprehension more intensely before making a ridicule of myself in public again... :facepalm: Thanks! Paul On 09/12/2014 09:50 PM, Torrance, Douglas wrote: > On 09/12/2014 02:31 PM, Paul Seelig wrote: >> Hmmm, there is no point in asking

[Window Maker Live] wmlive_0.95.6-1 ISO images released

2014-09-19 Thread Paul Seelig
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hello, just wanted to let you all know that I silently uploaded a new release version of the Window Maker Live Linux distribution ISO images. Now with a different version numbering scheme, in order to reflect the actual Window Maker version used:

[Window Maker Live] wmlive_0.95.6-2 ISO image update

2014-09-30 Thread Paul Seelig
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hello all, a new version with a few major bug fixes and enhancements is available: http://sourceforge.net/projects/wmlive/files/wmlive_0.95.6-2/ What is new since the last release? * This release mainly addresses the recently discovered and f

Re: Workspace pager not fully visible

2014-12-17 Thread Paul Seelig
Hi Moritz, next time, kindly do *not* send a 1.5MB picture attachment to a mailing list where quite a few members might still be using humble modem speed internet connections. Yours truly is stuck with a Simply converting your PNG file to JPG already stripped it down to about 20% (slightly more t

wmlive 0.95.7-0-beta test version

2016-01-01 Thread Paul Seelig
Happy New Year! For a good start of the new year, a first beta test version of the next 'Window Maker Live' release 0.95.7 based on Debian/Jessie has finally been uploaded to: http://sourceforge.net/projects/wmlive/files/wmlive_0.95.7-0-beta/ See the above mentioned URL for a (still incomplete)

Re: wmlive 0.95.7-0-beta test version

2016-01-16 Thread Paul Seelig
On 01/01/2016 10:48 PM, Paul Seelig wrote: > For a good start of the new year, a first beta test version of the next > 'Window Maker Live' release 0.95.7 based on Debian/Jessie has finally > been uploaded to: > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/wmlive/files/wmlive_0.95.