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The problem being that dmlenu's dev died down before it got an actual userbase (apart from Armael). There has been some discussions to start the dev again but we've been quite busy. (And I'm not even a user of dmlenu anymore as of now).
To be fair, unless there is a regain of interest (perhaps by Armael) I don't see the point of distributing an opam package of dmlenu. Moreover, if you want to replace dmenu by dmlenu, you will not gain a lot (the interface is a bit prettier but that's it.)
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@Armael, I'm interested in using dmlenu
instead of dmenu
. Would you be willing to take over package ownership, and provide an OPAM package and distribution strategy?
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I don't quite understand why you are interested if not for the library aspect of the thing.
Using the example emulating dmenu_run
instead of dmenu_run
itself won't bring you anything, so what's the point?
As for the library aspect of the thing, it's a nice idea, except the API and its implementation are... let's just say "not that good".
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I would be happy to replace a small and not-perfect utility written in C by a small and not-perfect utility written in OCaml in my user environment. Knowing that I can modify it easily is also good. I also hoped the design would be nice, but you are suggesting that there are things to improve there.
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I would be happy to replace a small and not-perfect utility written in C by a small and not-perfect utility written in OCaml in my user environment.
OK.
What follows is somewhat unrelated to the current issue but: do you really want to be using opam to manage programs that you do not plan to work on, are not tied to your ocaml environment, and (apparently) plan to use regardless of the switch you're currently in, etc.?
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@gasche note that at the moment, you can pin this repository in opam and get the dmlenu
binary as a drop-in replacement for dmenu_run
. I personally do not see the point of not distributing an opam package of dmlenu.
I also do not dislike the current API of dmlenu; it may be not perfect in the eyes of the authors, but as it is now I think it is usable and does the job. So far I only understand the authors insisting that dmlenu is and should be dead as a coquetterie. I can submit a PR to opam-repository for dmlenu if anyone agrees on that.
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Related Issues (5)
- Xft and fonts HOT 3
- broken link HOT 2
- Building the examples HOT 1
- Merge branch 2d into master HOT 1
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