On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 09:20:28AM -0600, William Immendorf wrote:
> >
> > BLFS has xterm, but that is quite basic, it doesn't support dragging
> > and dropping a file into the window. I can't live with any of the
> > terminal emulators in the book. I started writing these pages because
> > most of the things I use to get stuff done are not in the book. There's
> > more to a BLFS page than configure/make/make-install. The dependencies
> > are important. In this case, the dependency vte2_90 is also not in the
> > book so I had to write that too.
> BLFS also has something called rxvt-unicode, which I used, but it's
> missing a key feature that I want for building the book: Copy and
> paste. I agree with you, Benton, about putting Roxterm in the book.
I know nothing about drag-and-drop (I don't keep icons on my
desktop, only overlapping windows), but copy and paster is important
and I *do* use rxvt-unicode.
I know it tends to replace tabs with spaces, which makes it a bit of
a pain when fixing up patches by hand, but basic copy and paste work.
I've got the page for the gimp open. Highlight the first batch of
instructions by holding down the left mouse button and drawing it
over the text, then paste with the middle button. I get:
patch -Np1 -i ../gimp-2.6.11-security_fixes-1.patch &&
patch -Np1 -i ../gimp-2.6.11-libpng_fixes-1.patch &&
./configure --prefix=/usr \
--sysconfdir=/etc &&
make
Works for me in fluxbox (for the short time I use that) and icewm
(1.3).
I have no problems with adding things that are useful and will be
maintained in the book, particularly when there is important config
information to impart. Yes, I dislike adding packages, but needs
must.
ĸen
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