Re: [dwm] [ANNOUNCE] dvtm-0.2

From: Marc Andre Tanner <mat_AT_brain-dump.org>
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 00:40:59 +0100

On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 11:21:53PM +0200, Daniel Bainton wrote:
> On 12/29/07, Marc Andre Tanner <mat_AT_brain-dump.org> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have released dvtm-0.2, it no longer depends on librote instead it
> > includes madtty which has better terminal emulation support.
> > So you only need a curses library to build dvtm.
> >
> > Other changes include:
> >
> > * a select(2) driven event loop which should reduce CPU usage.
> >
> > * ability to minimize windows (only the titlebar will be shown)
> > the corresponding function for use with a key binding is
> > toggleminimize. Functions to select the next/previous non minimized
> > window where also added, they are called focus{next,prev}nm.
> >
> > * an optional status bar which reads from a named pipe, see the
> > included dvtm-status script for a use case.
> >
> > * a new fullscreen layout
> >
> > * sigterm handler, which leaves curses mode. Useful when you kill dvtm
> > so you don't have to type reset.
> >
> > * Portability: i have compiled dvtm on Open and FreeBSD, there are some
> > minor issues (OpenBSD uses some ugly window borders and the selected
> > window border isn't red, on FreeBSD only part of the window title is
> > red not the whole window border). Patches welcome.
> >
> > To build dvtm on a system with wide character type:
> >
> > make unicode && make install
> >
> > this generates a executable which is linked agains libncursesw.
> > Otherwise a plain:
> >
> > make && make install
> >
> > should suffice.
> >
> > I hope this release turns out to be pretty usable, so please test it and
> > report any failure or success stories.
> >
> > http://www.brain-dump.org/projects/dvtm/dvtm-0.2.tar.gz
> >
> > Thanks and happy new year.
> > Marc
>
> Just a small point here: you shouldn't include the binaries in the
> tarball, do a make clean before packaging. ;)

Thanks for the notice should be fixed now.

Regards,
Marc

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 Marc Andre Tanner >< http://www.brain-dump.org/ >< GPG key: CF7D56C0
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