Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 12:16:04 -0800 From: "Jack L." <xxjack12xx@gmail.com> To: Samy Mahmoudi <samy.mahmoudi@gmail.com> Cc: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>, freebsd-ports <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: replacement for xmms? Message-ID: <CALeGphypm5N6qjctAdYNdv07LNAaxoCMTezVYz4MNeS1JBBhFg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFigVTM4CddixZ-eyNL8jjkttmZc9CyMBV6HO__nhBGOaGmA5w@mail.gmail.com> References: <23615.52151.566746.497065@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <CAFigVTM4CddixZ-eyNL8jjkttmZc9CyMBV6HO__nhBGOaGmA5w@mail.gmail.com>
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I'd love to keep xmms but it seems gtk1 was removed from ports in the latest FreeBSD ports release so running xmms became problematic. I guess after 20 years of using xmms, it was time to move onto something of this decade On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 2:16 AM Samy Mahmoudi <samy.mahmoudi@gmail.com> wro= te: > > xmms was so great ! I still use it and even managed to build a pulseaudio > plugin last year, as I needed to be able to switch between outputs while > playing (can OSS do that ?). > > Why do you need a replacement for xmms ? I have personally noticed some > minor problems with xmms: > =E2=80=A2 old-style GTK+ menu > =E2=80=A2 accented characters don't display correctly > =E2=80=A2 while xmms is running, I can't easily switch between virtual de= sktops > (xfce4 + compiz) > =E2=80=A2 audio format compatibility (still pretty large with plugins) > > I will have a look at the recently deprecated x11/gtk-theme-switch and th= e > gtkrc file for the first two problems, although looking for a modern > alternative is probably the best way to go. > > Le jeu. 17 janv. 2019 =C3=A0 01:27, Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> a = =C3=A9crit : > > > > > I'm looking for something not too complicated, that runs in a > > GUI. > > Suggestions? > > > > > > Respectfully, > > > > > > Robert Huff > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= " > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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