On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 01:27:32PM +0000, Mikhael Goikhman wrote: > On 07 Nov 2002 14:04:59 +0100, Dominik Vogt wrote: > > > > On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 12:56:54PM +0000, Mikhael Goikhman wrote: > > > On 07 Nov 2002 12:30:59 +0000, Mikhael Goikhman wrote: > > > > > > > > On 07 Nov 2002 13:02:17 +0100, Dominik Vogt wrote: > > > > > > > > > > And the man page references the scripts > > > > > > > > > > fvwm_make_browse_menu.sh > > > > > fvwm_make_directory_menu.sh > > > > > > > > > > as an example for dynamic menu actions (which was the only reason > > > > > they were written - not the functionality they provide). They > > > > > should both be distributed and installed, regardless of any > > > > > feelings whether shell or perl scripts are the "right thing". > > > > > > > > The right thing here is to include them into distribution since they are > > > > referenced from the man page. But I don't think anything that is > > > > currently > > > > in utils/ should be installed, if you feel differently, move it to bin/. > > > > > > Actually, if the only reason is to give an example as you correctly > > > pointed, they should not be installed to /usr/bin (or similar $bindir). > > > 1) They may be be distributed and a link in the man page to > > > ftp://ftp.fvwm.org/pub/fvwm/devel/sources/utils/ may be given. > > > 2) Or they may be installed to $docdir (I hope to add it later anyway) > > > together with README, INSTALL.fvwm etc.. Currently this may be $datadir. > > > > > > If any of this is a good solution to you, they should not be in bin/, > > > but in utils/. > > > > Theoretically yes, but they should still be installed for > > backward compatibility. People may rely on the being installed. > > (But I'm not sure wheter they were installed in previous > > versions). > > I don't think they were ever installed, maybe during several days between > 2.3.1 and 2.3.2: > > Sun May 9 02:43:02 1999 Steve Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * utils/Makefile.am: don't install fvwm_make_browse_menu.sh until > we have some consensus on _where_ to put it. > > They are not distributed since 2.3.7, I think.
I must have missed it back then. Personally, I see no problem installing them in bindir. > As for me, I prefer simply to give an url. Run for example: > > fvwm-perllib man tutorial > > There is a link to test modules. they are not even distributed, > although it is pretty difficult to learn perllib without them. I am not sure this is a wise decision. Not everyone has net internet access. As they seem to serve documentation purposes only, they should be installed somewhere in docdir. Bye Dominik ^_^ ^_^ -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL:http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm-workers" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
