Re: Another AS suggestion...

Michael K. Neylon (mneylon@engin.umich.edu)
Wed, 27 May 1998 11:01:27 -0400 

On Wed, May 27, 1998 at 08:42:58AM -0600, J. Paul Reed wrote:
> 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?

The problem is here is that the contents of the global LFPs can change, 
either from version to version, or from system admistrators adding new
global LFPs.  (Yes, if it was strictly my system, I could do as you
suggest, but I'm thinking of the good for the AS community in 
general).  Each time there's a change, you'd have to modify the links.
Not the best solution, when I think a programmatic one is available...

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