On Mon, Dec17,01 13:10, Scott Moynes wrote: > * Derek Cunningham ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > What features does this have over bbkeys that makes you want to use it? > > Well, as someone pointed out to me, it uses 300k less RAM to do > basically the same thing. The reason I wrote it was because I didn't > need a lot of what bbkeys offered, and found it took up too much > memory, and seemed to leak on top of it. (Not knocking vanRijn and x0r > here. The source is fairly complicated and tracking down all memory > would be difficult.) I also wanted to add some new features like > chained keygrabbing but couldn't wrangle bbkeys' source. Those were > the major reasons why I wrote it. Some other more aesthetic reasons I > use it is that I like epist's config file better, source my puny mind > could understand, and the chance to learn something about Xlib and > STL. It also caches requests for atoms which saves a little bit of > memory and performance for people who only use a small subset of the > available atoms. > > In the future, I plan to add chained keygrabbing, and better config file > reading and parsing. >
*drool* as you know (from prev discussions) I want chained grabbing... emacs-style! :) I've got 512M of ram... so memory usage just doesn't concern me... and I'm more than happy to run multiple keygrabbers. :) > There are things it does not do. Mainly window and workspace > cycling. hmm... that's truely unfortunate as ALT+[1-9] are keys I _cannot_ live without... but I'll be sure ot check it out soon, to at least see what you've done. :) > I can't see that being added to epistrophy untill blackbox > supports the WM spec. I find it silly that every bbtool that cares has > to keep its own list of windows and workspaces, and when epist can > request these lists, or send _BLACKBOX_CYCLE_WINDOW, then I will add > that. > cool. > As I said before, it simply fits my needs better. I figured it would > be more productive to let it out into the world rather than sit on it, > but now I think that was a mistake. umm... why was this a mistake? Don't let my criticism stand in the way of this release... it's great that you put it up, and I do intend to test it... I was just curious as to what made your itch happen, that's all. I think in alot of respects (chained keygrabs) we both want the same out of our keygrabber (although, ever since I found out there 4 mods, and I can muck up my keytables with xmodmap, I'm happy without chains... however I'd still prefer to have them), so this is a great idea, IMO! > > > > DC > > > > PS: a webpage would be nice outlining this stuff. :) > > This was not a full release; more of a technology preview. After exams > and Christmas I may make a project website, but don't count on it. I > will probably just take the source and keep it in my local CVS > archive, and let any intrested members bug me for it. > sounds good. :) DC -- Derek Cunningham [EMAIL PROTECTED] "All men by nature desire to know." -- Aristotle. Registered Linux User Number 195825
