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Re: [PATCH] fluxbox window manager
From: |
Eric Bavier |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] fluxbox window manager |
Date: |
Tue, 23 Feb 2016 16:29:44 -0600 |
On Fri, 19 Feb 2016 20:54:22 +0100
Danny Milosavljevic <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, 19 Feb 2016 08:20:21 -0600
> Eric Bavier <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > This new package should rather go in gnu/packages/wm.scm.
>
> I'd like to do that but it doesn't work. If I put the package name "fluxbox"
> into /etc/config.scm and import "wm" there, it will complain that it doesn't
> know "fluxbox". Works fine when I put it in gnu/packages/fluxbox.scm and
> import "fluxbox", though.
>
> > This file download is trivial. I think we should do something like
> > what's done for xmonad currently. Namely, generating our own .desktop
> > file. Please see that package.
>
> I'll check that out after I got it to work inside "wm".
Thanks.
> > Could you send an updated patch?
>
> I'd like to but it really doesn't work in wm right now.
See below.
>
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/wm.scm b/gnu/packages/wm.scm
> index 1765c3a..a1df857 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/wm.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/wm.scm
> @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
> ;;; along with GNU Guix. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
>
> (define-module (gnu packages wm)
> - #:use-module (guix licenses)
> + #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix license:)
Fluxbox might have been reported missing since there is an instance of
"x11-style" that didn't get a license: prefix, so compilation would
fail.
[...]
> + (inputs `(("imlib2" ,imlib2)
> + ("libx11" ,libx11)
> + ;("libxml2" ,libxml2)
> + ;("librsvg" ,librsvg)
> + ;("libsm" ,libsm)
> + ;("libxcursor" ,libxcursor)
> + ("libxinerama" ,libxinerama)
> + ;("libxml2" ,libxml2)
> + ("libxrandr" ,libxrandr)
> + ("libxext" ,libxext)
> + ("libxrender" ,libxrender)
> + ("libxft" ,libxft)
> + ("freetype" ,freetype)
This will require a "#:use-module (gnu packages fontutils)"
> + ("fribidi" ,fribidi)
> + ("libxpm" ,libxpm)))
> + (synopsis "Window manager with tabs")
> + (description "Fluxbox is a window manager.
> +The 'box' visual style is well known for its minimalistic appearance.")
> + (home-page "http://fluxbox.org/")
> + (license license:expat)))
> +
With those changes, you should be able to build and load up fluxbox
from gnu/packages/wm.scm (I was able to with `guix system vm').
`~Eric