Re: xboard
"H.G. Muller" <[email protected]> Tue, 14 Nov 2017 11:31:45 +0100
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------6D2B81FBA7D9FBF71FB8296A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by smtp.hccnet.nl id vAEAVh0x019273 Why do you think we would have to care anything about Mint? I don't use=20 that at all. If the Mint maintainers it want to torture their users with=20 prehistoric versions of the software they distribute, it is no skin of=20 my nose. Just switch to a distro that is up to date. Or download a=20 modern version of the software you need and install it from source. Op 11/14/2017 om 12:25 AM schreef Tim Mann: > You are an unsatisfied user of Linux Mint, so why not complain to the=20 > Mint folks about them including old versions of software in their distr= o? > > On Nov 13, 2017 2:39 PM, "Charles Jones" <[email protected]=20 > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > LOL, You aught to up date your chess programs or get a hold the > Synaptic people and tell'm you programs our out of date, and > should not be made available.=C2=A0 But then again who am i?=C2=A0 = The > unsatisfied user. > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- > *From:* Tim Mann <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > *To:* Charles Jones <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > *Cc:* xboard-devel <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > *Sent:* Sunday, November 12, 2017 10:54 PM > *Subject:* Re: xboard > > The xboard version you're using is based on the old Athena widget > set, which does not have a feature where you can click on a menu > and have it stay open until you click again to select from it. You > have to press the mouse button on the menu, move the mouse to your > selection, and only then release the mouse button. > > > On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 1:54 PM, Charles Jones <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hi Tim, my name Charley, I will get to the point.=C2=A0 I am > running Linux Mint 17, and was looking for a simple chess > program, that i could use practice with.=C2=A0 So looked in > Synaptic and found xboard and I like it to a point.=C2=A0 But w= hen > I click on a menu item the drop down list won't stay put, so I > can review its contents.=C2=A0 Do you have a fix for this?=C2=A0= Or a > newer version? I also installed Fair-max but that didn't seem > to help. > > Please and thank you, Charley > > > > > > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=3Demail&utm_source=3Dlin= k&utm_campaign=3Dsig-email&utm_content=3Demailclient>=20 > Virus-free. www.avg.com=20 > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=3Demail&utm_source=3Dlin= k&utm_campaign=3Dsig-email&utm_content=3Demailclient>=20 > > > <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> --------------6D2B81FBA7D9FBF71FB8296A Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by smtp.hccnet.nl id vAEAVh0x019273 <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf= -8"> </head> <body text=3D"#000000" bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF"> <p>Why do you think we would have to care anything about Mint? I don't use that at all. If the Mint maintainers it want to torture their users with prehistoric versions of the software they distribute, it is no skin of my nose. Just switch to a distro that is up to date. Or download a modern version of the software you need and install it from source.<br> </p> <br> <div class=3D"moz-cite-prefix">Op 11/14/2017 om 12:25 AM schreef Tim Mann:<br> </div> <blockquote type=3D"cite" cite=3D"mid:[email protected]= l.com"> <div dir=3D"auto">You are an unsatisfied user of Linux Mint, so why not complain to the Mint folks about them including old versions of software in their distro?</div> <div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br> <div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Nov 13, 2017 2:39 PM, "Charles Jones" <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" moz-do-not-send=3D"true">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div> <div style=3D"color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:Hel= vetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> <div id=3D"m_6876531080501759113yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510611847= 563_4671">LOL,=C2=A0 You aught to up date your chess programs or get a hold the Synaptic people and tell'm you programs our out of date, and should not be made available.=C2=A0 But then again who am i?=C2=A0 The unsatisfied user.<br> </div> <div id=3D"m_6876531080501759113yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510611847= 563_4669"><br> </div> <div id=3D"m_6876531080501759113yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510611847= 563_4670"><br> </div> <div id=3D"m_6876531080501759113yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510611847= 563_4486"><span></span></div> <div class=3D"m_6876531080501759113qtdSeparateBR" id=3D"m_6876531080501759113yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510611847= 563_4485"><br> <br> </div> <div class=3D"m_6876531080501759113yahoo_quoted" id=3D"m_6876531080501759113yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510611847= 563_4758" style=3D"display:block"> <div style=3D"font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:13px" id=3D"m_6876531080501759113yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_15106118= 47563_4757"> <div style=3D"font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" id=3D"m_6876531080501759113yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_151061= 1847563_4756"> <div dir=3D"ltr" id=3D"m_6876531080501759113yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510= 611847563_4755"> <font id=3D"m_6876531080501759113yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_15= 10611847563_4754" size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"> <hr size=3D"1"> <b><span style=3D"font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> Tim Mann <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]= " target=3D"_blank" moz-do-not-send=3D"true">ti= [email protected]</a>><br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight:bold">To:</span><= /b> Charles Jones <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank" moz-do-not-send=3D"true">ch= [email protected]</a>> <br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight:bold">Cc:</span><= /b> xboard-devel <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank" moz-do-not-send=3D"true">xb= [email protected]</a>><br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight:bold">Sent:</span= ></b> Sunday, November 12, 2017 10:54 PM<br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight:bold">Subject:</s= pan></b> Re: xboard<br> </font> </div> <div class=3D"m_6876531080501759113y_msg_container" id=3D"m_6876531080501759113yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510611847563_4759"><br> <div id=3D"m_6876531080501759113yiv6297833752"> <div id=3D"m_6876531080501759113yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_= 1510611847563_4761"> <div dir=3D"ltr" id=3D"m_6876531080501759113yui_3_16_0_ym19_= 1_1510611847563_4760">The xboard version you're using is based on the old Athena widget set, which does not have a feature where you can click on a menu and have it stay open until you click again to select from it. You have to press the mouse button on the menu, move the mouse to your selection, and only then release the mouse button.<br clear=3D"none"= > <br clear=3D"none"> </div> <div class=3D"m_6876531080501759113yiv6297833752= yqt2375804841" id=3D"m_6876531080501759113yiv6297833752yqt03202"> <div class=3D"m_6876531080501759113yiv62978337= 52gmail_extra" id=3D"m_6876531080501759113yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510611847563_4766"><br clear=3D"none"> <div class=3D"m_6876531080501759113yiv629783= 3752gmail_quote" id=3D"m_6876531080501759113yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510611847563_4765">On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 1:54 PM, Charles Jones <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a rel=3D"nofollo= w" shape=3D"rect" href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank" moz-do-not-send=3D"true">chask14@ya= hoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear=3D"none"> <blockquote class=3D"m_6876531080501759113yiv6297= 833752gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex" id=3D"m_6876531080501759113yui_3_16_0= _ym19_1_1510611847563_4764"> <div id=3D"m_6876531080501759113yui_3_16= _0_ym19_1_1510611847563_4763"> <div style=3D"color:#000;background-co= lor:#fff;font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:13px" id=3D"m_6876531080501759113yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1510611847563_4762">Hi Tim, my name Charley, I will get to the point.=C2=A0 I am running Lin= ux Mint 17, and was looking for a simple chess program, that i could use practice with.=C2=A0 So looked in Synaptic and found xboard and I like it to a point.=C2=A0 But when I click on = a menu item the drop down list won't stay put, so I can review its contents.=C2=A0 Do you have a= fix for this?=C2=A0 Or a newer versio= n?=C2=A0 I also installed Fair-max but that didn't seem to help.=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0= =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0<br id=3D"m_6876531080501759113yiv6297833752m_7316556040791211971yui_3_16_0_y= m19_1_1510263975296_4456" clear=3D"none"> <br id=3D"m_6876531080501759113yiv6297833752m_7316556040791211971yui_3_16_0_y= m19_1_1510263975296_4457" clear=3D"none"> Please and thank you, Charley <div id=3D"m_6876531080501759113yiv6297833752m_7316556040791211971yui_3_16_0_y= m19_1_1510263975296_4373"><br clear=3D"none"> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div> <br clear=3D"none"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <br> <br> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div> </div> <div id=3D"DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br> <table style=3D"border-top: 1px solid #D3D4DE;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style=3D"width: 55px; padding-top: 13px;"><a href=3D"http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=3Demail&utm_sou= rce=3Dlink&utm_campaign=3Dsig-email&utm_content=3Demailclient" target=3D"_blank" moz-do-not-send=3D"true"><img src=3D"https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/icons/icon-envelope-tick-green-avg= -v1.png" alt=3D"" style=3D"width: 46px; height: 29px;" moz-do-not-send=3D"true" height=3D"29" width=3D"46"><= /a></td> <td style=3D"width: 470px; padding-top: 12px; color: #41424e; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Virus-free. <a href=3D"http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=3Demail&utm_sou= rce=3Dlink&utm_campaign=3Dsig-email&utm_content=3Demailclient" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"color: #4453ea;" moz-do-not-send=3D"true">www.avg.com</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <a href=3D"#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" width=3D"1" height=3D"1" moz-do-not-send=3D"true"> </a></div> </blockquote> <br> </body> </html> --------------6D2B81FBA7D9FBF71FB8296A--