[clfswm-devel] clfswm and FreeBSD

Philippe Brochard pbrochard at common-lisp.net
Wed Dec 7 09:11:37 UTC 2011


Deepak Tripathi writes:

> Hi Philippe, 
>> Deepak Tripathi writes:
>>
>>> Team, 
>>>
>> Hi, welcome on this list.
> Thanks
>>
>>> I have tried clfswm on FreeBSD and found that after configure the
>>> generated shell file is only meant for GNU systems. 
>>>
>>> I have made a patch to work with FreeBSD box.
>>>
>> Thanks, what about a platform specific test ?
>> if $XDG_CACHE_HOME is defined, use it else switch to $HOME/.clfswm
>> Note that you can change this at configure time with the -d or
>> --dump-path options.
> Ok I can make it work while using ./configure , but it should be
> automate, since newbie user will not think about changing the source
> file, he/she will just run the file with either .xinitrc or .xsession,
> and the error you will get that "you don't have permission to create
> dir".
>   
I'll change this behaviour and some minor things as soon as I have some
time. Indeed, this is not an acceptable error for system other than GNU.

>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> I don't find $XDG_CACHE_HOME, also i have chooses  sblc to run clfwsm.
>>>
>> There is (at least) another thing which is maybe platform specific.
>> Please can you test the standard menu (Second Mode, Control+m, d).
>> clfswm use the content of the $XDG_DATA_DIRS (bound normally to
>> /usr/share/applications/).
> I have tried Alt +T , Control+m, d, Nothing is happening, frame stays in
> Second mode only.
>
Sorry, it's Alt +T , m, d. Not control+m.





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