Fvwm 2.5.15 is out...

ozar · 2006-01-15 18:04:24

Some of you fellow FVWM lovers might be happy to know that 2.5.15 is out:

http://fvwm.org/news/#2.5.15

Changes in beta release 2.5.15 (14-Jan-2006)
* New features:
* Variables can be nested, like $[desk.name$[desk.n]].
* Obsolete one-letter variables work, but generate warnings now.
* Windows can be placed by any button (now also >3).
* It is now possible to redefine the buttons usable to finish window movement and manual placement.
* New window condition PlacedByButton.
* MenuStyle pairs can be negated by prefixing '!'.
* New generic tabbing module - FvwmTabs.
* New Style option: EWMHIgnoreWindowType.
* New MenuStyle options: MouseWheel, ScrollOffPage and TrianglesUseFore.
* To compile from CVS, autoconf-2.53 or above is now required. This does not affect compiling the released tarballs.
* New option "screen" to Move and ResizeMove commands to allow specifying the target Xinerama screen.
* Bug Fixes:
* Supported a new fribidi version 0.10.5 in addition to 0.10.4.
* Better look for windows with "BorderStyle TiledPixmap".
* Some EWMH-related 64-bit fixes.
* Fixed segmentation fault when replacing title of title only menus (Bug #1121).
* Fixes for resizing of shaded windows and resizing/moving windows with complex functions.

Snowman · 2006-01-15 18:33:47

The new FvwmTabs module looks interesting... 8)

ozar · 2006-01-15 18:43:47

Snowman wrote:

The new FvwmTabs module looks interesting... 8)

Yeah, I think quite a few users have been looking forward to that.

stonecrest · 2006-01-15 18:55:56

I'm glad to see TrianglesUseFore for menus (which should be the default in my opinion). Other than a few things here or there, I won't be really excited by anything until fvwm3 comes out

whargoul · 2006-01-15 19:36:51

Mayby I should play with fvwm some time. I think it is really cool.

whargoul · 2006-01-15 20:23:45

My God. When I look at these pics, I want to use FVWM.

http://www.lynucs.org/?fvwm

ozar · 2006-01-15 20:29:21

whargoul wrote:

My God. When I look at these pics, I want to use FVWM.
http://www.lynucs.org/?fvwm

Glad to hear you are taking an interest in Fvwm. 8)

It's very powerful, indeed, and if you create your own configs it's definitely a lot of work, but you'll learn a great deal about how window managers work. If you don't want to create your own, that's okay too, as there are lots of good ready-to-go configs to be found on the fvwm forums:

http://fvwm.lair.be/

...and of course, you can always customize the ready-to-go configs to suit your own tastes and needs.

whargoul · 2006-01-15 20:47:43

ozar wrote:

Glad to hear you are taking an interest in Fvwm. 8)

Oh I always had interest in Fvwm, but I never had the guts. But now I want to try it.

atze · 2006-01-15 20:55:56

ozar wrote:

Snowman wrote:
The new FvwmTabs module looks interesting... 8)
Yeah, I think quite a few users have been looking forward to that.

what does it exactly do? tabs?

second question. how do you get this mac osx bar like thing in fvwm?
http://www.lynucs.org/index.php?screen_ … 0&p=screen

Snowman · 2006-01-15 21:03:00

atze wrote:

ozar wrote:
Snowman wrote:
The new FvwmTabs module looks interesting... 8)
Yeah, I think quite a few users have been looking forward to that.
what does it exactly do? tabs?

Yes. At least, that's what I guess from the name.

atze wrote:

second question. how do you get this mac osx bar like thing in fvwm?
http://www.lynucs.org/index.php?screen_ … 0&p=screen

You can get the config from the author's blog: blueblog.org

stonecrest · 2006-01-15 21:04:35

atze wrote:

what does it exactly do? tabs?

http://members.optusnet.com.au/~scottsmedley/fvwmtabs/

atze wrote:

second question. how do you get this mac osx bar like thing in fvwm?
http://www.lynucs.org/index.php?screen_ … 0&p=screen

It's just FvwmButtons and probably some FvwmScripts as well.

ozar · 2006-01-15 21:05:37

atze wrote:

what does it exactly do? tabs?

http://www.fvwm.org/documentation/manpa … wmTabs.php

baze · 2006-01-15 22:56:07

now all we need is someone to put it in unstable :>

rasat · 2006-01-16 06:25:01

The new release sounds interesting.

pressh · 2006-01-16 07:46:28

atze wrote:

ozar wrote:
Snowman wrote:
The new FvwmTabs module looks interesting... 8)
Yeah, I think quite a few users have been looking forward to that.
what does it exactly do? tabs?
http://www.lynucs.org/index.php?screen_ … 0&p=screen

Don't you have something like google on your computer??
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~scottsmedley/fvwmtabs/

whargoul · 2006-01-16 17:05:40

One question. How stable is 2.5.x compared to 2.4.x or other WM's?

Snowman · 2006-01-16 17:11:22

fvwm-devel (2.5.x) is pretty stable. I'm using it for several months without any issues. I think that the other Arch fvwm users use the devel version too as it has more features.

rasat · 2006-01-16 17:12:17

Myself I have had never problem with 2.5.14. There is no need to keep it in the unstable repo.

ozar · 2006-01-16 17:17:00

whargoul wrote:

One question. How stable is 2.5.x compared to 2.4.x or other WM's?

As of version 2.2, an odd second digit denotes development releases and even numbers denote stable releases, but I think most everyone here will advise you to go for 2.5 release over the 2.4 release.

Zanton · 2006-01-16 17:42:07

what about the rounded corners of windows ? Do you know if it's included in this release or planned to be ?

pressh · 2006-01-16 18:06:13

No it is not included in this release as far as I know. I only expect rounded corners to be a feature when fvwm3 arrives.

whargoul · 2006-01-16 20:21:13

I can't compile fvwm 2.5.15 because of X.org 7.0. I need theese libraries:

X11/X.h 
X11/Xfuncproto.h
X11/Xosdefs.h

but I just can't find them anywhere.

Snowman · 2006-01-16 21:40:53

They are in xproto.

BTW, fvwm 2.5.15 builds fine with xorg 6.8.x. I'll try it in a few moments.

EDIT: the sed line isn't needed anymore.

Snowman · 2006-01-17 02:19:15

baze wrote:

now all we need is someone to put it in unstable :>

That could take some time as neri is relatively busy. Here's an updated PKGBUILD:

pkgname=fvwm-devel
pkgver=2.5.15
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="A multiple large virtual desktop window manager originally derived from twm"
url="http://www.fvwm.org"
depends=('imlib' 'fribidi' 'perl' 'x-server' 'libstroke' 'perl-tk' 'perl-x11-protocol')
source=(ftp://ftp.fvwm.org/pub/fvwm/version-2/fvwm-$pkgver.tar.bz2 
        $pkgname.desktop)
md5sums=('b56fc10535968ab8c059854c9c07c311' '3f5bcb246e035ff29aa5bf54487a3db4')

build() {
  cd $startdir/src/fvwm-$pkgver
  ./configure --prefix=/usr 
    --sysconfdir=/etc 
    --libexecdir=/usr/lib 
    --with-xft-prefix=/usr/X11R6 
    --with-fontconfig=/usr 
    --with-stroke
  make || return 1
  make DESTDIR=$startdir/pkg install
  mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/etc/fvwm
  cp sample.fvwmrc/* $startdir/pkg/etc/fvwm
  rm -f $startdir/pkg/etc/fvwm/{Makefile,Makefile.am,Makefile.in}
  install -Dm 644 ../$pkgname.desktop 
    $startdir/pkg/etc/X11/sessions/$pkgname.desktop
}

It needs perl-x11-protocol that I uploaded to AUR and fvwm.desktop from abs. It's for xorg in current. Users of Xorg 7 in testing will need to change the --with-xft-prefix configure option and maybe the depends. The new MenuStyle options are nice. Didn't tried FvwmTabs yet.
Enjoy!

dtw · 2006-01-17 18:16:58

Don't y'all forget my CVS pkg in [dibble] it's not very up to date ATM but it's a good way of staying up to date with the latest changes Building it yourself with versionpkg is dead easy too

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