Hello all, instead of releasing yet another huge ISO image, i have just uploaded the compressed tar archive wmlive-wmaker-env_20120308.tar.gz to the usual http://sourceforge.net/projects/wmlive/files/ download area.
It contains the user specific Window Maker configuration files, and a few related scripts, which are used to define the user environment for Window Maker Live. It also comes with all the icons in the package which are referenced by the configuration. Furthermore, the GTK2-Step theme for all GTK2 based applications is also part of the archive. If i haven't overlooked any important details, this should basically work as a stand alone configuration, at least for any Debian based setup. It wouldn't really surpise me if, with some environment specific modifications, it would also work in any other distribution environment. The configuration definitions are based on a few basic assumptions, which should be fulfilled as a bare minimum if this setup is expected to work out of the box: - The first assumption is the presence of the Debian menu system (also available in Ubuntu). - The configured standard terminal program is gnome-terminal - As basic text editor the presence of mousepad is assumed. - The default file manager is supposed to be thunar. - For quite a few dialog boxes the gxmessage program is absolutely necessary (old xmessage is not any good replacement for it at all) Furthermore, instead of the Gnome based nm-applet for network access the desktop environment agnostic wicd-client program is used. As everything else, you are invited to modify the used programs to your own liking. Don't worry, the Window Maker menu is ready for being freely edited with the WPrefs menu editor. In any case, you really should take your time to go through it, because the root menu delivered with this package offers some advanced features not present in any other Window Maker release package, and which you really would like to know about. Trust me. First of all there is the menu based AutoStart configuration, which saves you (almost) from manually editing the monolithic Window Maker autostart script just to enable (or disable) an entry. Additionally i have implemented a small backup and restore facility for the Window Maker configuration files and directories, which served me well during my own testing. Rodolfo, the above described user root menu features might also be very welcome by users of your wonderful Debian package! Please check it out! Please also note in the Window Maker root menu the almost identical, but not quite, first two sub menus from the top. The first one is the standard unmodified Debian menu, in all its primitive glory, while the second one is a very customized, streamlined version of it. The specific menu customizations for the affected packages are inside the ~/.menu folder. Debian's menu system is really nice and flexible - if you are aware of its possibilities. To my (limited) knowledge, still no specialized graphical menu editor for the Debian menu system is available. This really is a shame since the Debian menu system has lots of advantages over the Gnome/Ubuntu/XFCE4 menu systems but, unfortunately, it just is not as easily accessible for normal users, which is only due to the lack of a suitable menu editor. Maybe this would be a nice little project for one of the aspiring WINGs programmers somewhere out there in the Window Maker user crowd? As always, feedback, critique, appraisal, Bitcoins, Paypal, and last not least, patches are very welcome. Enjoy! Paul Seelig <[email protected]> -- http://wmlive.sourceforge.net -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected].
