Package: ion3 Version: 20060305-2 Severity: wishlist
It has somewhat irked me that deviations from the /etc/X11/ion3/ scripts are not easily mixed in. Instead, the users have to copy the scripts to their ~/.ion3/ and make changes there. Then Ion3 will default to scripts in ~/.ion3/ and completely ignore files with the same name in /etc/X11/ion3/. The reason I get irked is that any changes to /etc/X11/ion3/ don't roll down to end-users that have done this copying procedure. Their versions are frozen with the copying. What I propose is that users are able to define some booleans in a file, say ~/.ion3/defaults.lua, like "disable_mod_dock=true". I'd use negative logic because then in the scripts it would be easy to fit lines with conditionals to check to see if the user would like to mix in deviations. This doesn't have to be done for every little thing. Some Lua code can be easily undone by custom scripts loaded later in the startup process (like selection of a "big" F12 menu system instead of the default "query" menu system that Ion3 now uses. However, I'm not sure everything can be so easily undone. For instance, I don't know how to unload modules. This might involve a little more maintenance on the part of the developer and package maintainer, but I think it's the right way to go. Lua certainly isn't hugely difficult to pick up, but it doesn't seem like a bad idea to emulate conventional configuration file formats where possible. One of the reasons I think there's been resistance to this kind of feature is because Ion3 users are generally motivated to keep well-informed of new features in Ion3, and have a firm grasp of configuration with Lua. But I'm not sure I agree with just using this as a justification to keep things as they are. Ultimately, I'd like Ion3 to be convenient for not only myself, but new users too. - Sukant -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (90, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-hole Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages ion3 depends on: ii libc6 2.3.6-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libice6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 Inter-Client Exchange library ii liblua50 5.0.2-5.1 Main interpreter library for the L ii liblualib50 5.0.2-5.1 Extension library for the Lua 5.0 ii libsm6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System Session Management ii libx11-6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System protocol client li ii libxext6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System miscellaneous exte ii libxinerama1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System multi-head display Versions of packages ion3 recommends: ii xfonts-100dpi 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 100 dpi fonts for X ii xfonts-75dpi 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 75 dpi fonts for X -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
