Re: Another AS suggestion...
J. Paul Reed (preed@verinet.com)
Wed, 27 May 1998 08:42:58 -0600 (MDT)
On Tue, 26 May 1998, Michael K. Neylon wrote:
> Currently, if I want to install a new Look or Feel or Picture, I either
> need to:
> - install it globally to all users in /usr/share/afterstep
> - install it in my ~/G/L/A dir, but lose all the globally installed LFPs...
> - install it in my ~/G/L/A dir, and copy the global LFPs to this dir as well.
>
> All 3 are disadvantageous, for various reasons. I propose that if the
> Start Menu generator sees that the user has a look/feel/picture directory
> in their ~/G/L/A dir, *AND* there is a "include_defaults" file,
> then both the /usr/share/afterstep LFPs *and* the user's LFPs are included,
> maybe separated by a line in case of naming comflicts.
>
> Unless, of course, I'm missing something here (with 1.4.5.55N6...)
Well...maybe I'm missing something here (since I'm running 1.4.4...I
didn't want to fool around with 1.4.5.55N6A4-BETA2-ALPHA5 ;-) but why
couldn't you install it in your ~/G/L/A dir, and then do a `ln -s` to
anything you needed to get the global LFPs?
Later,
Paul
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