On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 8:11 PM Myles Mc Manus <myles.mcma...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 >> > Making CDE more easily installed as always been a goal, it's just a task no one has under taken.
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