custom package and updating

dk · 2004-08-02 14:16:30

After reading this thread I couldn't wait to try wmi-9
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=5456

So last night a built my own package and started to use wmi-9.
By the way it's great. Thanks [guys/gals above] for sharing something
new.

I see now that wmi-9 is in extra Will pacman keep wmi-9 up-to-date
with -Syu from extra even though I built my own package? If not
(not that it's a bad thing ) am I essentially now the maintainer of wmi-9
on my system?

Dusty · 2004-08-02 15:58:49

pacman will pick it up if there's a new version.

If it didn't, you could pacman -R wmi and then get it from extra anyway. Thanks be to dp to put it in extra. I KNEW IT WAS HIM without looking, hehehe.

Dusty

dpb · 2004-08-03 06:02:12

It will update it if the pkgnames are the same in them and if there's a newer version in extra than yours.

Is wmi good? I'm using Ion at the moment, what's the difference in them?

dk · 2004-08-03 15:23:15

I'm quickly joining the legion of minimalists! I did try ion ( only
because Dusty has mentioned it so many times ) but I really
didn't give ion a whole-hearted effort so I can't give you
any specific differences. Wmi so far has been terrific.
The key-bindings are easy to use a la vi most things are mod1
+ h j k l and easily configured. Frames are easy to create/move/split-
The only thing I haven't been able to figure out is why the statusbar
disappears when I'm on workspace1. I'm enjoying wmi and glad to see it in extra.

Dusty · 2004-08-03 15:34:16

dpb wrote:

Is wmi good? I'm using Ion at the moment, what's the difference in them?

It's a small download, so give it a go.

WMI is a little prettier than ion, IMO, but this means absolutely nothing to me. :-D. It supports both floating and tiled windows in the same workspace, but they are manipulated separately (ie: you can alt tab through the floating windows or you can move through the tiled windows. It's really useful).

The default keybindings are sensible, and the config files are way more readable than coding it in lua. It's easy to create new actions and keybindings. You can get a list of all actions by pressing alt+i (default keybinding; I use Mod4+i, but anyway), and search through them using a sensible form of word completion.

It seems marginally unstable. Ion is rock solid, wmi may crash. 8 crashed on me repeatedly and I went back to ion, but wmi 9 hasn't crashed on me in two days and I'm definately sticking with it.

Read the man page, it's got a nice introductory tutorial.

Dusty

dpb · 2004-08-04 06:14:14

Dusty wrote:

It's a small download, so give it a go.

I did. Didn't try it for long because didn't have much time then, I'll try it again later.

Dusty wrote:

WMI is a little prettier than ion, IMO, but this means absolutely nothing to me. :-D.

Means nothing to me either.

Dusty wrote:

It supports both floating and tiled windows in the same workspace, but they are manipulated separately.

Cool.

Dusty wrote:

The default keybindings are sensible, and the config files are way more readable than coding it in lua.

Lua is quite readable for me.. I'm even using it in my own programs.
Btw, where are the config files for wmi?

Dusty · 2004-08-04 15:39:38

dpb wrote:

Btw, where are the config files for wmi?

~/.wmi

man actions.conf
man common.conf
man theme.conf
man session.conf
man wmi

The man pages seem to have everything you need. Well done man pages. Better documentors over there than Arch has, that's for sure.

Dusty

dpb · 2004-08-05 06:31:59

I'm not one who usually reads docs.
Is there some sample config files online somewhere?

Dusty · 2004-08-05 16:05:32

dpb wrote:

I'm not one who usually reads docs.
Is there some sample config files online somewhere?

I think the man pages are available online. :-P

IIRC, there's a wiki at the site.

*.session is an automatically generated *.conf; if you copy (for example) actions.session to actions.conf, you can edit it. That's as much info as I'm giving to someone who wont read docs. :-D

Dusty

dpb · 2004-08-06 07:22:06

Dusty wrote:

*.session is an automatically generated *.conf; if you copy (for example) actions.session to actions.conf, you can edit it. That's as much info as I'm giving to someone who wont read docs. :-D

Thanks.

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#1 2004-08-02 14:16:30

custom package and updating

#2 2004-08-02 15:58:49

Re: custom package and updating

#3 2004-08-03 06:02:12

Re: custom package and updating

#4 2004-08-03 15:23:15

Re: custom package and updating

#5 2004-08-03 15:34:16

Re: custom package and updating

#6 2004-08-04 06:14:14

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#7 2004-08-04 15:39:38

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#8 2004-08-05 06:31:59

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