Hi Guys, As someone who uses CDE everyday, I really appreciate all the work that has been done to fix bugs and make the whole thing more stable. Some really outstanding work has been done, and I am very grateful for it.
If the focus is going to move on from cleaning up the code that was inherited, my suggestion for the next Herculean Task would be to fix installation. Ideally, CDE should be installable from repositories. I work with Unix and Linux daily, so working through the installation instructions isn't hard for me. But to substantially increase the user base, I think a move away from "here's a bunch of source code and some arcane instructions" should be included on the to-do list. To all of those who have contributed so much time and effort to this project, I once again thank you. Regards, Myles On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 4:50 PM, Matthew R. Trower <d...@blackshard.net> wrote: > Hello Swift, > > I care. I'd love to see some new features added to CDE - if nothing > else, to bring it up to speed with the rest of the world. For example, > I think we really need proper support for multi-head setups, and I'd > love to see dtMail fully support IMAP. DtLogin should (probably?) > support system actions like shutdown and reboot. Creation and assignment > of types and actions could probably be streamlined, or at least > scripted. I'd love to see support for unicode. I think dtwm could behave > more intelligently in many circumstances - the list goes on and on. > Creating entirely new applications may be an ambitious undertaking, but > I'd love to hear your ideas. > > The focus of the project thus far seems to have mainly been on fixing > bugs and polishing up the ports to behave properly on various platforms. > I think these are the major priority (perhaps those with more seniority > here can weigh in on this). There remains a lot to do on that front, and > people have but limited time. > > I've done some initial work on multi-head that at least makes it usable, > but am so bogged down with life concerns that I don't find much time to > work on my long list of concerns. I suspect this is the case for most > here. Still, as someone who uses CDE daily, I definitely care. > > Good luck, and welcome to the list! > > > -- Matthew R. Trower > > > > > On 08/02/16 14:25, Swift Griggs wrote: > > Hello Folks, > > I'm getting started with Motif coding. I've managed to get CDE > compiled > > on NetBSD 7 (what fun!) and I'm still at the 2nd "hello world" pushbutton > > tutorial stage with my own coding. I'm passable with C, but new to Motif. > > I'm currently reading "MOTIF Programming" by Marshall Brain. So far, so > > good. It's a pretty nice book, honestly (probably because it was never a > > textbook, hehe). > > I'm not fond of GTK since it's too closely tied to GNOME and I can't > > stand DBUS or their politics. I do still use glib from time to time, > > though. I don't want to go the FOX, QT, or FLTK route since I'm close to > > worthless in C++, and I'm perfectly OK with callbacks. > > I'm wondering about the future of CDE and Motif in general. Does > anyone > > have plans to add more applications and features to CDE in general? I'm a > > fan of 4DWM and Indigo Magic Desktop, too. However, it seems that all > > freeware projects related to recreating those are dead as a doornail > > (sadly). If I can get my chops up to speed, that would be the first thing > > I'd want to work with/on. I'm also excited by the idea that the 'default > > apps' for CDE may be updated or appended to. However, I feel like I must > > be the only one in the world who cares at this point. > > > > -Swift > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > > cdesktopenv-devel mailing list > > cdesktopenv-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cdesktopenv-devel > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > cdesktopenv-devel mailing list > cdesktopenv-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cdesktopenv-devel >
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