Re: AfterStep is MESSED!

Yarin Benado (benado@shani.net)
Mon, 08 Jun 1998 22:14:53 +0000


Well Andrew, in the time i am reading this message no new FAQ is on (i am in
europe time zone) but i am sure it'll be soon. I hope it'll be usefull and
help me to install AfterStep so i can enjoy it.

Thanks,
Yarin

Andrew Sullivan wrote:

> FWIW, the new FAQ (it should be eady by the end of the day, presuming I
> don't get any more phone calls -- cursed instrument!) has a notation about
> this problem (at least I _think_ it's this problem; I'm not really sure
> what is being reported here). It has recently turned into a FAQ about
> AfterStep.  The problem is not actually with AS, but with the installation
> of X: many people seem to be skipping the headers, &c., because they're
> listed as "optional".  Of course, _many_ X programs will not compile
> without those libs available, but newer users often don't know that.
>
> That said, I might point out that complaining "it gave me some sort of
> error about missing libs" is not a helpful report.  If one wants help with
> a problem, one might include some detail about what the problem is.
>
> Andrew Sullivan                | The current FAQ for the AfterStep window
> asullivan@sprint.ca  <--Better | manager for X is available from
> ajsulliv@mcmaster.ca <--Worse  | http://www.afterstep.org -- look under
>                                | "help".
>
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