On Mon, Feb 17, 2003 at 02:58:00PM -0500, Bjorn Knutsson wrote: > > All this makes me think a split is in order, with this list being more > > of a user-oriented list where all kinds of non-development questions > > can be asked and answered by whoever wishes to do so, and a new list > > called (say) ctwm-dev, where the development-oriented discussions can > > happen without disturbing those who aren't interested. > > > > I'd like to hear your input on this. > > If having two lists will help, then by all means, lets have two. But > judging by the level of activity during the last year or two, I'd say > the reason people dropped off the list probably more was due to > discovering that a list long forgotten still existed.
I think, one list is enough. A good faq or howto for the beginners would be much better. The mailing list should be the contact in case of problems, which can be handled best by the developers. > Also, releasing a new version may spark some new interest in the > project, both from old users and potential new ones. (Although I think > CTWM probably is a pretty hard sell to newcomers.) well, yesterday I successfully sold it to a friend of mine who used to use kde, now he uses ctwm (!). The way I did it? I gave him my working config, told him how to use it, i.e. which key to press if he wants to access the menu and so forth. And that's exactly whats missing. ctwm should be easier to use "out of the box". I.e. the default config could be much more comfortable... best regards, Tom -- [ Thomas Linden - http://www.daemon.de/ - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] $_=`perl -v`;s;^.*ll;;s;$^=unpack"u","'8V]D;')E<```";s;\W;;gs;$/=7* ($^=~s;.;;g);%^=map{$_=>1}split//,lc;$_=join$\,(sort keys(%^))[map{ ord($_)-$/}split//,'1I7E13?@E:7C1A7C=1:35<7C'];s"0(.)" \U$1"g;print;
