Hello all, after some very discouraging fights with the failing web upload facilities of sourceforge for large files, and a subsequent switch to good old rsync, i finally managed to upload a new version of Window Maker Live.
Mainly covering the very helpful feedback by Bill Nance Major for the former version, the most remarkable changes in this release are as follows: - Added a script workaround for the failing grub-install, in order to make the manual fix easily possible also for less experienced people. The installation bug itself is still to be resolved by the upstream developers, though. - The amount of four workspaces has been limited to a single one, in order to prevent novice users from wondering, and all start desktop configurations were removed. - The clip has been moved to the right again, as this proved to be more convenient from a usability point of view. While trying to get used to the traditional way of keeping the clip on the left, i found it very annoying during daily use to have it constantly covered by opened windows, removing immediate access to the workspace switching facility. Having the clip on the right over the dock constantly provides direct mouse access, which is much more comfortable for switching workspaces. Tradition is very good for a start, but should ultimately be overcome. - The main dock icon now opens the tunar file manager upon double clicking with the left mouse button, while at the same time opening the WPrefs configuration tool when clicking it with the middle mouse button. This made some more room on the dock, providing some space for any users own application docking ideas. - The most intrusive addons in Firefox (NoScript, PolicyRequest, and also Flashlock) have been disabled by default, but will stay available for reactivation on the users behalf. Being used to a mainly ads free web experience and the absence of any disturbing unrelated added content, it was reassuring to see the effect of using the web without these blocking addons. I can only recommend to reactivate these great facilities, in order to gain some peace of mind while using the web. - The apt updating mechanism has been fixed. Please note also the presence of the script wmlive-apt-refresh, along withe the scripts dhold and dunhold, which provide some ease of use for software updates for those who prefer the shell prompt over graphical tools like synaptic. BTW, did you know that synaptic was also a product of Window Maker creator Alfredo Kojima? - The automagical addition of the first user to the sudoers file has been fixed. - The http://wmlive.sourceforge.net web site has been submitted to a major overhaul, and should be up to date now. It now also includes screenshots based on the latest Window Maker Live release 20120301. - Thanks to feedback by Jason Brower, the availability of a 32bit version in addition to the personally much preferred amd64 build has been resumed. - Please also note, in addition to the ready made ISO images, the availability of the Debian Live Build configuration archives for each build architecture. Using these within a Debian Live Build context, you should be able to rebuild the Window Maker Live ISO images on you own. These are the actual crown jewels of the project for those, who would be willing to invest some time in helping to enhance the build system. Most probably i have forgotten to mention some further changes, but i guess that's it, so far. Plans for the future now mainly include the creation of some proper documentation to help getting acquainted with the main Window Maker related desktop features. Also some man pages for the various scripts created and applied in the context of this project are required. For the very nice wmlaptop2 dockapp, i'd still need to produce a valid Debian package which not only relies on the not so perfect checkinstall script for quick'n'dirty package creation. It will also simply drop wmvolman in favor of the much more convenient wmudmount dockapp. Unlike its competitor, wmudmount also allows for the configuration of mouse pointer actions, which in my humble opinion is the major advantage over the rather simplistic wmvolman. I consider it indispensable that any such mount application serves multiple purposes in one dock icon, allowing to open any mount point in some kind of file manager and/or terminal window. As it is not already included with this release, please find attached the /etc/wmudmount.conf configuration file, which is intended for inclusion with the next Window Maker Live release version. The next release should hopefully include, along with further bug fixes, above mentioned documentation enhancements. After that i expect the project to have stabilized to some degree, and plan to take a longer break from these activities, since i feel that my major goals have been largely achieved. I would then rather prefer to concentrate any further development efforts on the general Debian side of things. Thanks a lot to all for your very helpful feedback so far! Enjoy! Paul -- http://sourceforge.net/projects/wmlive http://wmlive.sourceforge.net
# This is the main configuration file for the wmudmount(1) dockapp. # Refer to the man page for explanation of configuration entries. # Print more messages to the console. May be repeated. #verbose # Sets the verbosity level, error, warn (default), info, or debug. warn = error # Level of notification to display (using the desktop notification # service). Valid levels are: none, error, warn, and info (default) notify = error # Exclude filesystems that require administrator authorization for mounting skip-system-filesystems # Number of seconds the mouse pointer must be away from the dockapp before # the display changes back to FSM view. Default is 60, set negative to disable. return-to-fsm-timeout = -1 # Allow the use of normal, insecure memory for passwords: #allow-insecure-memory #no-allow-insecure-memory # Enable or disable dumping of core files, which prevents entered # passwords from being written to disk no-allow-core-files #allow-core-files # Add arbitrary command execution to the right-click menu. # See the man page for further configuration details command = Open Terminal here;gnome-terminal --title=Terminal --disable-factory --name=Terminal --working-directory=%m # Add arbitrary command execution to the right-click menu, and additionally # execute command by single clicking device in the wmudmount display area. #click-command = Open with MC;gnome-terminal --title="Midnight Commander" --geometry=98x36 --disable-factory --name mc -x mc %m # Add arbitrary command execution to the right-click menu, and additionally # execute command when double clicking device in the wmudmount display area. double-click-command = Open in Midnight Commander;gnome-terminal --title="Midnight Commander" --geometry=98x36 --disable-factory --name mc -x mc %m
