Re: Root background and Pager
Ethan (allanon@crystaltokyo.com)
Sun, 9 Aug 1998 22:12:33 -0700 (PDT)
On Sun, 9 Aug 1998, sashav wrote:
> I'm kind of new to the Linux and AfterStep so maybe this message is
> sent not on the right address.
> Anyway here it is :
> I recently run into a problem trying to use non-XPM image for root
> background. I took a look into a Pager sources and discovered that this
> functionality was not really implemented, and some minor bugs and
> memory leaks were in place. So I took a liberty and wrote a fix.
> It is also extending pager's functionality by enabling it to use
> different images for the root background and Pager's desktop window.
> ( for instance large image of beautiful mountain as the root and scaled
> down version of the same thing in Pager ).
> I've uploaded two patches( for 1.4.5 and 1.5pre6 ) to the
> ftp.AfterStep.org. so feel free to use it and send me comments and
> angry problem reports at sashav@sprintmail.com.
> Now the questions for developers.
> Are there any development source archive on the net were one can get
> current development code ?
ftp.afterstep.org has the latest released betas. There is no system in
place for up-to-the-minute updates.
> Are you guys using any revision control stuff ? if no then who's
> resposible for source merging ?
Guylhem takes care of putting peoples' patches together. That's probably
a big reason why he's so tired of being maintainer; it's a lot of work,
and he's a med student too.
As for revision control, the suggestion has been made, but no real effort
to find a site willing to host such a system. It would be nice. :)
> Are you guys wellcomes any help from strangers like me , or you are
> closed community? 'cose I'd like to continue writing stuff for
> AfterStep,
> maybe something like background rotation and easy configuration stuff.
We'll take any help we can get. :)
Seriously, we're short of coders (we have only three right now), and we'd
love to have more. We're trying to get a stable, fast release ready for
1.5 at the moment, then we can add more features.
> I'd really appreciate some answer with comments from AfterStep
> developers crowd.
Sounds great! You can get the latest source from David Mihm's site:
http://www.the-site.dyn.ml.org/Linux/AfterStep/
Look for 1.5pre7, this source is up to date as of yesterday. The tarball
includes a buglist and a TODO. We really want a stable 1.5, so new
features will probably have to wait for inclusion, but take a look,
there's lots to do.
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Ethan Fischer
allanon@crystaltokyo.com
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