Re: FVWM: Installable "Packages"

From: Brady Montz <bradym_at_cs.arizona.edu>
Date: 20 May 1998 09:09:55 -0700

gensch_at_zk3.dec.com writes:

> I think it would be a useful thing if fvwm could support installable
> packages. A package would be a set of related files needed to
> configure fvwm in some special way.
>
> What I have in mind is to add a new command in fvwm's configuration
> file syntax:

...

> This package directory should be stored somewhere within the
> ModulePath (or we could also create a 'PackagePath' keyword for this
> purpose!), and it could be read by the command:
>
> AddPackage Win95
>

...

>
> What do people think of this idea?

Sounds like a good idea. I wonder if it is a good idea to overload the
modulepath for this, since a package really isn't a module. I'd prefer using
PackagePath. For example, I typically have my modules somewhere in my ~/bin
hierarchy, since they are platform dependant binaries (I have subdirectories
in ~/bin for each OS/ARCH combination I use), but would probably want my
packages in a ~/.fvwm directory.

-- 
 Brady Montz
 bradym_at_cs.arizona.edu
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Received on Wed May 20 1998 - 11:10:24 BST

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