Howdy all.
Ok, it took much longer than originally anticipated (due to some odd
coredumps and my just being terribly busy lately) and it doesn't have
all of the stuff I wanted to get in there, but the latest beta,
2.0.42, is now ready for you to try, if you so desire.
As always, it's at the new official site:
ftp://ftp.hpc.uh.edu/pub/fvwm/version-2/fvwm-2.0.42.tar.gz
And it's a little bigger now:
-rw-rw-r-- 1 chines users 576551 Apr 15 15:35 fvwm-2.0.42.tar.gz
Here's the ChangeLog:
2.0.42
1. More small Imake fixes & man page updates
2. Optional Xpm support for titlebar buttons patch from Andrew
Veliath
3. Made event handler jump table be a bigger default size, since
LASTEvent doesn't account for X Extension related events (eg
SHAPE)
4. FvwmPager display updates: DeskColor patch from Alan Wild,
line distinctions between desks and pages, reinstated message mask
5. Patch to make fvwm recognize some OpenLook WM hints (like MWM
hints) from Andrew Taylor
6. Added FvwmIconMan module (by Brady Montz)
7. Replaced FvwmButtons with New & Improved version from Jarl Totland,
had to patch to get to work ok under AIX (char's are unsigned by
default under AIX)
8. Added DestroyFunc for removing function definitions
9. Made Exec use $SHELL, like mwm, if ExecUseSHELL is specified,
plus Exec now does an explicit "exec" as the first arg (if it's
not there already), to eliminate extra processes
10. Completely replaced fvwm_err (removed) & most fprintf calls
(those that were appropriate) w/ fvwm_msg (which has
variable args, a consistent look, and will eventually
optionally output to a file as well as to stderr)
11. Fix from Nobutaka Suzuki for probs w/ Next/Prev Focus
12. Patch from Henrique to make EdgeScroll wrap cleaner
13. Patches to FvwmIconBox from Nobutaka Suzuki
14. Patches for caching xpm files, modules having Popups on
ButtonPress events, & rc line continuation (from Jarl)
15. Make SHAPE extension runtime determinite in addition to compile
time so same exec can run on different machines better (John
Bazik, the author of XMX wanted this) - Haven't fixed up the
modules that use SHAPE yet though (next release)
16. New module FvwmConsole (a good potential replacement for
FvwmTalk) from Toshi Isogai. Currently won't build as part of
the normal process (you'll have to do it by hand until I
integrate it further).
17. Added more mini icons from list members.
18. Added new-system.fvwmrc, which is the beginning of a
reformatted & commented rc file (from Eli Burke). Feel free to
provide your $0.02 on it.
Have fun.
Hopefully the next one won't take as long, and I anticipate the next
one being the last beta before the official release. I know I've said
that before, but I think it might be true this time...
Also, I'm contemplating pulling out a lot of the icons into a separate
tar file, and leaving just some "essential" ones (which would be the
only ones that the sample rc file would use). I might do the same
thing with some of the modules. I haven't decided yet on either, and
I'm open to any compelling arguements for one way or the other.
Chuck
PS - I know I've been pretty quiet on the mailing list lately, but as
I said I've been really busy lately. If you asked a question pointed
at me and I haven't answered it yet, hopefully I will soon. If I seem
to "forget" feel free to ask again after a reasonable period of
time...
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Charles K. Hines <chuck_hines_at_vnet.ibm.com>
IBM Logic Synthesis developer [BooleDozer (TM)]
Martial Arts Instructor [Modern Arnis, Presas Style Filipino Martial Arts]
IBM Internal email: "Go back to sleep, Chuck. You're
hines_at_cold.fishkill.ibm.com, just havin' a nightmare--of course,
HINESC at FISHKILL, HINESC at FSHVMFK1 we are still in Hell." Gary Larson
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Received on Mon Apr 15 1996 - 15:48:38 BST