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[Israel <israel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 07/01/2014 12:47 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
> 2014-07-01 19:08, Israel skrev:
>> Hi everyone,
>> Here is the latest update.
>> /
>> Note: ready means Alpha release ready./
>>
>> Windows settings = ready
>> Mouse settings = ready
>> Autostart settings = ready
>> Icons settings = ready
>>
>> Keyboard settings = Almost ready
>>     - I need to fix up the Keyboard Modifiers (Ctrl, Alt, Shift, Super)
>> to be reliably set... almost there
>>
>> Desktop settings = Almost ready
>>     - I need to handle Rox's desktop configuration file to use the
>> backgrounds I set, so Icons can be     set on the desktop.  This is
>> somewhat trivial.
>>
>> Panel settings = Almost ready
>>     - Working on adding program shortcuts, and a few minor settings.
>>     - I will be adding in support for 4 total panels eventually, but
>> right now, (unless you use a theme)     This will only work with one.
>>
>> Font settings = Almost ready
>>     -I need to add a reliable font chooser... so I am looking into
>> libraries to handle this,
>>     and the best way to implement it...
>>
>> Themes... not ready
>>     -I need themes, The code to handle this will be relatively simple to
>> make.
>>
>> Debian packaging ... not ready
>>     - It is practically non-existent right now.  I am in the beginning
>> stages of getting everything in place but I have a ways to go here.  I
>> still don't even have a makefile, yet so there is no way to build the
>> program to make a deb yet.  however I will get to this, once the code is
>> pretty much ready (maybe sooner)
>>
>> Sam Hewitt was kind enough to make icons for me, and I think they are
>> nice.  He also made an icon for the program itself.
>> Here is the 'main screen'
>> https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-4AC-7z77qTQ/U7HPjnNhVxI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/SpAYmoFKXGc/w395-h403/snwmIcons.png
>>
>> I have been testing everything fairly heavily along the way, so there
>> *should* be no segfaults when people test this.  I have tested under
>> some rather unlikely circumstances, to handle as many use cases as I can
>> imagine.  But I will need testers soon, so get JWM installed as well as
>> menu.
>>
>> We still need to work on the menu update scripts to parse the desktop
>> files, rather than the menu files... though technically all programs
>> *should* make a menu file, they don't....
>>
>> -- 
>> Regards
>>
> You work is progressing quite fast :-)
>
> Best regards
> Nio
Hi,
I am determined :)

Some things wont be fully perfect... but it will be usable, and
hopefully stable enough for the average tester.
Some planned features wont be coming for a while.... but I will get all
the basics in!

-- 
Regards