On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:15:56 +0100
Marc Andre Tanner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have released dvtm-0.2, it no longer depends on librote instead it
> includes madtty which has better terminal emulation support.
> So you only need a curses library to build dvtm.
> 
> Other changes include:
>  
>  * a select(2) driven event loop which should reduce CPU usage.
> 
>  * ability to minimize windows (only the titlebar will be shown)
>    the corresponding function for use with a key binding is 
>    toggleminimize. Functions to select the next/previous non minimized
>    window where also added, they are called focus{next,prev}nm. 
> 
>  * an optional status bar which reads from a named pipe, see the
>    included dvtm-status script for a use case. 
> 
>  * a new fullscreen layout 
> 
>  * sigterm handler, which leaves curses mode. Useful when you kill dvtm
>    so you don't have to type reset.
> 
>  * Portability: i have compiled dvtm on Open and FreeBSD, there are some
>    minor issues (OpenBSD uses some ugly window borders and the selected
>    window border isn't red, on FreeBSD only part of the window title is
>    red not the whole window border). Patches welcome.
> 
> To build dvtm on a system with wide character type:
> 
>  make unicode && make install
> 
> this generates a executable which is linked agains libncursesw.
> Otherwise a plain:
> 
>  make && make install
> 
> should suffice.
> 
> I hope this release turns out to be pretty usable, so please test it and
> report any failure or success stories.
> 
>   http://www.brain-dump.org/projects/dvtm/dvtm-0.2.tar.gz
> 
> Thanks and happy new year.
> Marc
> 

Hey there,

This is my first time trying out dvtm and it is a wonderful and useful piece of 
software. Congrats!

I haven'te done much testing but I found an issue when using finch (part of 
pidgin IM). When I launch "finch" all the characters are messed up..replaced by 
"@" characters instead of lines or dashes.

This is on a debian etch 4.0 system.

Thanks,
Amit

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