Thanks very much.
> It's been a while, and as per a request on the ctwm list, I'm
> releasing ctwm 3.8.1, which contains all the latest fixes that have
> been committed on the main branch (see the README file).
I have now compiled and tested it on two machines
Desktop PC; running Fedora 15 with LG monitor 1920x1080
Laptop: Dell E6410 with 1440x900 display running Fedora 16
Both have 'lightweight' versions of Fedora
F15: based on the fedora-xfce CD, plus upgrades and extras
F16: based on the fedora-lxde CD, plus upgrades and extras
I only use bits of gnome and kde that I find useful (e.g.
gnome-sound-recorder for testing audio input).
Compiling CTWM 3.8.1:
I used the default Imakefile.local-template, copied as Imakefile.local
then 'xmkmf'.
However the 'make' command produced a series of errors which were
removed by installing four groups of packages with these commands and
then redoing the 'make' command (four times):
yum install libXmu-devel
yum install libXpm-devel
yum install libjpeg-turbo-devel
yum install gcc
I presume ubuntu/debian users would compress 'devel' to 'dev' and use
'apt-get' instead of 'yum'
Could these tips be added to the READEM file? They would have saved me
some detective work.
The previous fault that drove me away from ctwm to try other things,
namely flash crashing in full screen mode, has been fixed. (I still get
mysterious flash crashes on the laptop, but not just in full screen
mode.)
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I had tried openbox on both machines, but was irritated by the
difficulty of setting up the environment I want (e.g. getting keyboard
focus to follow mouse, but without clicking or typing in a window
raising it, and attaching functions to key combinations).
On both machines I start linux using runlevel3 (no graphics), using the
new 'systemd' mechanism which is a bit messy to set up, but works well.
After logging in I either work without graphics or (usually) use the
'startx' command and get my .xinitrc file to launch ctwm after doing
some preparation, including swapping caps-lock and ctrl, starting
pulseaudio, and launching a couple of xterm windows.
I would be interested to know what others find necessary to get ctwm
going.
Anyhow, thanks very much.
Aaron
http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~axs
