Re: no themeing support on debian

Hi;

on Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 12:27:30PM -0500, Paul Fox wrote:
>  
> hi -- i'm running the current debian sarge version(s) of matchbox:  
>     libmatchbox1   1.4-1          shared library for Matchbox Project applicat
>     matchbox       0.6.2-1.1      A X11 Window manager for handheld devices
>     matchbox-commo 0.8-1          common files for Matchbox Project applicatio
>     matchbox-panel 0.8.3-1        desktop panel for resource-limited systems
>     matchbox-panel 0.1-2          panel manager for matchbox-panel
>     matchbox-theme 0.3-1          extra themes for matchbox-window-manager
>     matchbox-windo 0.8.4-1        window manager for resource-limited systems
> 
> after upgrading to this version, i've noticed that my font selections
> are no longer honored, and, in fact, matchbox reports:
>     matchbox: This matchbox build does not support themeing
> 

Eek. Seems the matchbox package has been built 'standalone' ( meaning
its ugly and does not support themeing but has fewer deps ).

With Debian being primarily for desktop systems, you very well likely
dont want a standalone build. Standalone is really only for testing
use where you want a quick easy to install wm on a new device or the
device is *really* limited ( eg < 100Mhz ).

> is this intentional?  or is it perhaps related to matt's recent checkin
> relating to only building a standalone build if explicitly requested?
> 
> i'm just trying to figure out if i have to start building my own copies
> of matchbox from here on...
>  

If you want to try Matchbox out then by all means use the debs - they
should be set up to have a nice 'balance' of compile time features.

If you want to use MB more seriously ( eg on a handheld, kiosk etc ),
then Id recommend building from source as you can then really tailor
MB features and deps to whatever platform you're targetting.

> (i haven't cc'ed Moray Allan, debian maintainer, on the assumption he's
> on this list...)
> 

I've contacted him via IRC and he's going to make some new 0.9
packages with this fixed :)

Thanks for the heads up;

  -- Matthew 

-- 
--------------------------------------------------
///` OpenedHand Ltd.

57 Great Brownings / London / SE21 7HP / UK
Tel: +44 (0)208 676 4077

`X not on the desktop' - http://o-hand.com
--------------------------------------------------