Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 10:53:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> To: Satoshi Asami <asami@cs.berkeley.edu> Cc: mmead@Glock.COM, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gm4 & fvwm Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950627105202.3634E-100000@cappuccino.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <199506270855.BAA01428@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU>
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On Tue, 27 Jun 1995, Satoshi Asami wrote: > * Since fvwm is built with m4 support, and the BSD m4 contains > * considerably less functionality than the gnu m4, how about making fvwm > * depend on gnu m4 and then make it exec that at startup instead of m4? > > Actually, this applies to most of the *wm's in /usr/ports/x11 (AFAIK, > ctwm, tvtwm and piewm all use m4, what about olvwm?). I think this is > a good extension than can be very useful, with a relatively small > one-time cost (fetching & compiling of gm4) for the user, although it > may be overkill for some of the non-power users. > > Although I use ctwm, I'm no m4 or gm4 hacker and don't really have a > strong opinion one way or the other. I certainly won't mind if my > ctwm automatically pulled in gm4, though -- I'll probably use it some > day anyway. :) > > What do other people think? If nobody objects, we can split forces > and go wm-hacking. > > Oh, and one thing...I assume gm4 is upward-compatible to BSD m4, right? They all compile using the bsd m4, I've tried, so even if the gnu m4 is better, just what does using it get you? ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 7608 Topton St. | New Carrollton, MD 20784 | I run Journey2 (Freebsd 2.0) and n3lxx (301) 459-2316 | (FreeBSD 1.1.5.1) and am I happy! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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