> Ok, I'm back from vacation (none too happy about that, I might add - I
> need a vacation to rest up from my vacation) and I finally finished up
> beta 2.0.43. It's now at ftp.hpc.uh.edu in /pub/fvwm/version-2/ and
> here's what it looks like:
>
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 chines fvwm 548968 Jul 8 13:23 fvwm-2.0.43.tar.gz
Append to your INSTALL file:
...
UnixWare-2.x (SVR4.2MP)
After striping:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 infcons other 131768 Jul 8 16:14 fvwm/fvwm2
Thanh
>
> And here's the rather sizeable ChangeLog entry:
>
> 2.0.43
> 1. More man page updates & Imake fixes
> 2. Simple patch to help take care of some timing bugs
> 3. Patch to fix resize oddities when hitting 'hard' edge introduced
> by EdgeScroll loop patch
> 4. Fixed startup w/ no rc bug, plus added more defaults, so if
> started without an rc file, things should run ok. Plus it now
> outputs error messages if Read fails, then tries to Read
> system.fvwm2rc (after first read fails).
> 5. Patch to fix UseStyle problem w/ BackColor
> 6. More FAQ updates
> 7. Created an 'extras' dir, and moved some of the existing modules
> in there (the ones that aren't being built by default).
> 8. More potential speedups in event processing
> 9. Decoupled warp from Focus, adding WarpToWindow function.
> 10. Added SendToModule builtin to send arbitrary strings to modules
> to help implement more complex dynamic module abilities and
> allow for module to module communication
> 11. Put old FvwmButtons back as FvwmGoodStuff, for people who
> prefer the simpler older version (in extras dir). Also made it
> able to be passed in the name parameter on invocation so it
> doesn't have to be symbolically linked to the new names any
> more.
> 12. Adding a new module FvwmForm2 in the extras directory,
> contributed by Frederic Cordier. Based on FvwmForm but
> completely rewritten apparently. It uses scripts, has a new
> more complex syntax (Pascal like) and adds RadioButtons. I
> would like to eventually combine aspects of the two versions
> (and more) to make one killer module, perhaps.
> 13. Made fvwm_msg send errors to modules, so FvwmTalk sees them
> like it used to (and any other module that looks for M_ERROR
> in the future)
> 14. Added DestroyModuleConfig, based on patch from Toshi Isogai
> 15. Modules can now send module config commands to fvwm (eg FvwmTalk)
> 16. Removed implicit Exec exec stuff for the time being, until I
> come up with a better way to do it (back to old behavior)
> 17. More mini icons added and some icons removed
> 18. Added "KillMe" command that modules can send to fvwm asking for
> an assisted suicide (almost called this Kevorkian :)). Mark
> Crimmins wanted this for probs with TkGoodStuff.
> 19. Fixed RaiseWindow bug under some servers when no icon pixmap.
> 20. Fixed one prob w/ FvwmAuto and menus being hidden (under click
> to focus - still needs work for other focus policies, but not
> entirely sure how to approach this yet).
> 21. Added ExitFunction, to be executed on exit (before restarts too).
> Useful for explicitly killing modules, etc.
> 22. Changed behavior of '-f' to just specify config file (now use
> -cmd to perform an actual command, like -cmd 'FvwmM4 .fvwm2rc')
> 23. Updates to FvwmSaveDesk from Carsten Paeth so it should now
> actually work under 2.xx, plus some other bugfixes too I
> believe.
> 24. Added PipeRead function, which executes a program and Read's
> it's output. Useful for making dynamic menus and such.
> 25. Security fix for FvwmM4 & FvwmCpp from Austin Donnelly
> 26. Added strerror for SunOS 4.1.x
> 27. Added ability to remove mouse and key bindings without restart
> (do the binding but specify '-' as the function). Probably
> needs more checking for removing mouse bindings from title bar
> buttons correctly, though.
> 28. Updates to FvwmIconMan from Brady Montz.
> 29. Updates to FvwmIconBox from Nobutaka Suzuki.
> 30. Patch from Austin Donnelly for multi-keypress required for
> WindowList problem.
> 31. Patch to center text on left pixmaps in menus.
> 32. Patch to allow menus to pop up left if not enough room on right
> (currently in ifdef -> define LEFT_MENUS to enable when compiling).
>
> Oh, and I forgot to update fvwm2.man to go with #22, which of course I
> didn't notice until after I had uploaded the tar file. Obviously not
> vital so I put this patch for it in the LATEST_NEWS section of the WWW
> docs:
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> --- fvwm2.man~ Wed Jun 19 22:55:43 1996
> +++ fvwm2.man Mon Jul 8 14:23:25 1996
> _at_@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
> your .fvwm2rc file (if it appears at all), and start fvwm with the
> command
> .EX
> -fvwm -f "FvwmM4 .fvwm2rc"
> +fvwm -cmd "FvwmM4 .fvwm2rc"
> .EE
>
> .SH CPP PREPROCESSING
> _at_@ -293,7 +293,10 @@
>
> .SH OPTIONS
> These are the command line options that are recognized by \fIfvwm\fP:
> -.IP "\fB-f\fP \fIconfig_command\fP"
> +.IP "\fB-f\fP \fIconfig_file\fP"
> +Causes \fIfvwm\fP to Read \fIconfig_file\fP instead of ".fvwm2rc"
> +as its initialization file.
> +.IP "\fB-cmd\fP \fIconfig_command\fP"
> Causes \fIfvwm\fP to use \fIconfig_command\fP instead of "Read .fvwm2rc"
> as its initialization command.
> .IP "\fB-debug\fP"
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I'd like to make this the last beta before the first official release
> (2.1.0). So let me know what other problems you find with it so I can
> clean it up (especially build and doc problems). Bear in mind that I
> can't fix ALL of it's bugs, especially the one's I can't reproduce...
>
> Hopefully 2.1.0 will be out in just a few weeks, and then I can begin
> with the long awaited semi mythical Great Style Flag Rewrite, which I
> know many people are awaiting with baited breath...
>
> Chuck
>
> ps - I'm still wading through all of the email I got while I was gone,
> so I haven't had a chance to reply to a lot of the mail that hit the
> lists (and sent directly to me) while I was gone. I should get to it
> all eventually (and if I don't, ping me again in a few days).
>
> *******************************************************************************
> 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]
>
> "Go back to sleep, Chuck. You're just havin' a nightmare
> -- of course, we ARE still in Hell." (Gary Larson)
> *******************************************************************************
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Received on Mon Jul 08 1996 - 15:22:52 BST