On 7/1/16, Matthieu Herrb <matth...@herrb.eu> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 01, 2016 at 02:22:57PM +0100, Craig Skinner wrote: >> Hi Alexander, >> >> On 2016-06-30 Thu 20:58 PM |, Alexander Hall wrote: >> > >> > 1. xmessage has an sometimes useful, but in general awful, interface. >> >> Aye,... simple, in base & functional. >> >> The prettiness factor can be cosmetically altered with Xmessage* lines >> in /etc/X11/xdm/Xresources. See '! xmessage resources' mid way down: >> http://cafim.sssup.it/~giulio/other/Customization_XDM.html >> >> > >> > Maybe just add a button or two to the xdm login panel instead? >> > >> >> Good idea. I'll try to alter that instead.... Suggestions welcome! > > I'm not sure it's a good idea. The Login widget in xdm is ugly old > code. You will loose hair or your mind trying to hack there, unless > you decide to first clean it up completely. > > If you spend some time providing a set of nice resouces for xmessages > and keep it minimalistic, I think we can include your suggestion. I've > been waiting for other comments.
Only comment I (as a user) have, has to do with liking the default look as-is. I like the idea of this being put in a separate script/program (suggested by Alexander Hall); that way, it can easily be disabled (reverted to original look) with a one-line comment. cheers, --patrick
