Hrm. Something useful. I wrote bbkeys from the beginning with the
intent of not tying any user down to dependencies on any external
libraries. Note the command-line switch below:
-no[qt] Use non-qt configuration tool.
If that's given, then bbkeys will launch its own configuration program,
bbkeysConfigC (written in straight C) inside an xterm, lowering the
"external gotta have" from qt2.x to "xterm". Now, I realize that maybe
not everybody will have xterm installed on their box, but I think far more
people have xterm installed than have the dependency met for libqt
(especially with non-linux installations).
So as for the "something useful" request, in my mind, I've coded as much
as I can around the "how come it doesn't do anything when I click the
little keyhole" user complaint as I can. I'm still of the opinion that
bbkeysconf should be moved to a separate package and a "bbkeys suggests
bbkeysconf" association set up between the two. However, I understand
your position too, as being a point of contact for "hey, duh, how come it
doesn't do anything when I click the little keyhole button" questions.
Isn't there a law somewhere saying you're allowed to smack people in the
back of the head when they don't read the author's README's?
* After finishing his most recent algebra assignment, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) did break forth in song on 01/30/01 at 18:16 and proclaim in a
loud and joyful melody:
> On 26-Jan-2001 vanRijn wrote:
> > re, all. Actually, I (erm, author of bbkeys) will agree with Cameron on
> > this. bbkeys shouldn't be dependent on qt. I also think that bbkeysconf and
> > bbkeys should be separated into two distinct packages--and that a "strong
> > suggestion" or whatever the debian term is should be set up between
> > bbkeysconf and bbkeys. In fact, on the bbkeys home page
> > (http://movingparts.net/bbkeys.shtml), I've separated the two myself. I also
> > run debian (until FreeBSD gets IrDA working *taunt* *poke* *nudge*) and
> > whenever I release a new version of bbkeys, I also package a .deb of it. I've
> > not changed bbkeysconf in a long time, so I don't have a .deb handy for that
> > bugger, but there is an RPM of it up there and you can always do "alien -i"
> > on it....
> >
>
> make bbkeys do something useful when the key is clicked and the gui tool is not
> installed and I will gladly remove the qt depends.
>
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