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Re: [Scwm-devs] Trouble Compiling CVS version

[Scott L. <sl...@gs...>]

> Scott Lenser wrote:
> 
> >These symbols should be defined by session-manager.o.
> >
> >Run 'nm scwm/src/session-manager.o'.  You should get something like the 
> >following:
> >
> Hmmm.  Interesting.  When I do a normal build (configure, make clean, 
> make.) session-manager.o
> comes up "not there" i.e. it is not built.  Then I go into the src 
> directory and do
> gcc -c session-manager.c and do make again.  That's when I get the 
> undefined symbols.  
> It seems session-manager.o is not getting built properly on my system. 
>  I will investigate.
> 

Strange.  Thanks for investigating, let me know what you figure out.

You need to pass the flag '-DHAVE_CONFIG_H' to the build of session-manager.c
for it to have a chance of linking properly.  The Makefile should take care
of this though, not sure why it is not building on your system.

- Scott

Re: [Scwm-devs] Trouble Compiling CVS version

[Scott L. <sl...@gs...>]

> I've tried compiling the CVS version of SCWM and get the following errors
> (see attached.)
> 
> What libraries am I missing?
> 
> Fred
> 
> 
> Making all in src
> make[1]: Entering directory `/drives/work/src/scwm-cvs/scwm/src'
> make  all-am
> make[2]: Entering directory `/drives/work/src/scwm-cvs/scwm/src'
> /bin/sh ../libtool --mode=link g++  -g -O2   -o scwm -L/usr/X11R6/lib -export-dynamic Grab.o ICCCM.o add_window.o binding.o borders.o callbacks.o changed.o color.o colormaps.o cursor.o decor.o decorations.o deskpage.o drawmenu.o errors.o events.o face.o focus.o font.o getopt.o getopt1.o guile-compat.o icons.o image.o init_scheme_string.o log-usage.o menu.o menuitem.o menulook.o miscprocs.o module-interface.o move.o message-window.o placement.o resize.o screen.o scwm.o shutdown.o string_token.o syscompat.o system.o util.o virtual.o window.o winprop.o xmisc.o xproperty.o xrm.o session-manager.o -lSM -lICE -lXext -lXtst -lXmu -lXpm -lX11 -L/usr/local/guile-1.4/bin/lib -L/usr/local/guile-1.4//lib -lguile -lm  -lm  -L/usr/local/lib -lImlib -ljpeg -ltiff -lungif -lpng -lz -lm -lXext -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lSM -lICE -lXext -lX11
> g++ -g -O2 -o scwm Grab.o ICCCM.o add_window.o binding.o borders.o callbacks.o changed.o color.o colormaps.o cursor.o decor.o decorations.o deskpage.o drawmenu.o errors.o events.o face.o focus.o font.o getopt.o getopt1.o guile-compat.o icons.o image.o init_scheme_string.o log-usage.o menu.o menuitem.o menulook.o miscprocs.o module-interface.o move.o message-window.o placement.o resize.o screen.o scwm.o shutdown.o string_token.o syscompat.o system.o util.o virtual.o window.o winprop.o xmisc.o xproperty.o xrm.o session-manager.o -Wl,--export-dynamic  -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lSM -lICE -lXext -lXtst -lXmu -lXpm -lX11 -L/usr/local/guile-1.4/bin/lib -L/usr/local/guile-1.4//lib /usr/local/guile-1.4//lib/libguile.so -ldl -lm -lm -lm -L/usr/local/lib /usr/local/lib/libImlib.so -lm /usr/local/lib/libjpeg.so -ltiff /usr/local/lib/libungif.so -L/usr/X11/lib -lX11 -lpng -lz -lm -lXext -lSM -lICE -lXext -lX11 -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/usr/local/guile-1.4//lib -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/usr/local/lib -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/usr/local/guile-1.4//lib -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/usr/local/lib
> add_window.o: In function `AddWindow':
> /drives/work/src/scwm-cvs/scwm/src/add_window.c:372: undefined reference to `restoreWindowState'
> events.o: In function `NoEventsScwmUpdate':
> /drives/work/src/scwm-cvs/scwm/src/events.c:2032: undefined reference to `IceSMfd'
> /drives/work/src/scwm-cvs/scwm/src/events.c:2043: undefined reference to `IceSMfd'
> /drives/work/src/scwm-cvs/scwm/src/events.c:2045: undefined reference to `IceSMconn'
> /drives/work/src/scwm-cvs/scwm/src/events.c:2048: undefined reference to `SMconn'
> /drives/work/src/scwm-cvs/scwm/src/events.c:2049: undefined reference to `IceSMconn'
> scwm.o: In function `scwm_main':
> /drives/work/src/scwm-cvs/scwm/src/scwm.c:981: undefined reference to `SmcId'
> /drives/work/src/scwm-cvs/scwm/src/scwm.c:1140: undefined reference to `initSM'
> shutdown.o: In function `Done':
> /drives/work/src/scwm-cvs/scwm/src/shutdown.c:123: undefined reference to `doneSM'
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> make[2]: *** [scwm] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/drives/work/src/scwm-cvs/scwm/src'
> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/drives/work/src/scwm-cvs/scwm/src'
> make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> 

These symbols should be defined by session-manager.o.

Run 'nm scwm/src/session-manager.o'.  You should get something like the 
following:

         U Done
         U FlagsBitsFromSw
         U GetXProperty
         U IceAddConnectionWatch
         U IceConnectionNumber
00000004 D IceSMconn
00000000 D IceSMfd
00000d20 t Letext
         U PswUpdateFlags
00000000 b SMData
00000b20 T SM_error_message
00000b38 T SM_register
00000008 D SMconn
00000020 b SMerror
00000010 d SavePhase
         U Scr
         U SmcCloseConnection
         U SmcGetIceConnection
0000000c D SmcId
         U SmcOpenConnection
         U SmcRequestSaveYourselfPhase2
         U SmcSaveYourselfDone
         U SmcSetProperties
         U UserHome
         U UserName
00000004 C XA_SM_CLIENT_ID
         U XA_WM_CLIENT_LEADER
         U XFree
         U XInternAtom
         U __errno_location
00000748 t die
00000c64 T doneSM
         U dpy
         U fclose
         U feof
         U fopen
         U fread
         U free
         U fwrite
         U g_argc
         U g_argv
000000f0 t getWindowClientId
         U getenv
         U gh_str02scm
00000ac4 t iceWatchFD
00000cd4 T initSM
0000064c t loadMyself
0000002c t readI32
000000a4 t readString
000002e4 t readWindow
000003c4 T restoreWindowState
00000216 r s_SM_error_message
00000227 r s_SM_register
         U safemalloc
00000740 t saveComplete
000006f8 t saveYourself
0000054c t saveYourself2
         U scm_make_gsubr
         U scwm_msg
00000790 t setSMProperties
00000720 t shutdownCancelled
         U sprintf
000004dc t statefile
         U strcmp
         U strerror
         U strncpy
00000000 t writeI32
00000060 t writeString
000001bc t writeWindow
         U xgetcwd

If you don't have a line with 'D IceSMfd', you'll get the error you are 
getting.
My guess is that somehow session-manager.o got built with a different config
file than the rest of scwm.  Try removing session-manager.o and see if you 
still
get the problem.

Let me know if you continue having problems.

- Scott

[Scwm-devs] Trouble Compiling CVS version

[F. H. <hei...@am...>]

I've tried compiling the CVS version of SCWM and get the following errors
(see attached.)

What libraries am I missing?

Fred

[Scwm-devs] Re: scwm

[Scott L. <sl...@gs...>]

> Scott,
> 
> >
> >Hmm, not available yet in Debian unstable.  What distribution/source packages 
> >are you
> >
> Well, I have several Linux setups on my various computers. Most of them 
> are running Debian
> unstable.   The version of Linux that I use daily though was Slackware a 
> long time ago.   Over
> time I replaced all the files by compiling sources.   When I compiled 
> Gnumeric 1.0.4 it said
> guile 1.5.x was required (if my memory serves me.) so that's what I have 
> installed.
> 
> It looks like Gnumeric 1.0.4 comes with Debian unstable, but the Debian 
> folks must
> not have the Guile plugin included, since it is not listed in the 
> dependencies.  If you
> compile Gnumeric from the tarball, it looks for guile 1.5.x.
> 
> Fred
> 

That sucks.  I hope Debian finds a good solution to the problem of programs
that have optional dependencies soon.  If the newer gnome apps require a
newer version of guile than 1.4, then I'd really like to have support for
those versions.  At the moment, it's not too convenient for me to test it
so I'll probably continue with the testing stuff I'm doing for now.  I'm
might try to port it after the next release of Scwm though (planned for
whenever I get done testing the scheme code).

Btw, the debian version of Scwm is missing the constraint solving stuff.

- Scott

[Scwm-devs] Re: release plans

[Greg B. <ba...@cs...>]

That works for me; it wouldn't hurt even to do a 0.99.7 release sooner
rather than later... it's a good way to gain momentum and let people
know that you're working on it.  Plus lots of folks may want a new
release that builds against Guile-1.4... and you'll get practice putting
together a release.

Thanks,
Greg

Scott Lenser <sl...@gs...> writes:

> Here's my plan for the next release:
> 
> - finish testing all of the scheme files
> - incorporate the scheme file taxonomy as a new section in the docs
> - resolution of all doc warnings made by the doc generator
> - clean up and add the 2 new modules I made (the button menu and use
>   of that for iconifying/deiconifying windows)
> 
> This should be plenty for a new release and makes a good check point.
> I'd like to call the new release 0.99.7 since there are API changes.
> 
> This is just a heads up.  I won't be ready to release for a _while_ yet
> as I'm only through 5% of the scheme files (2.6% of the lines of scheme)
> so far.
> 
> Let me know if I'm missing something in these plans or you think they
> should be different somehow or whatever.
> 
> - Scott

[Scwm-devs] release plans

[Scott L. <sl...@gs...>]

Here's my plan for the next release:

- finish testing all of the scheme files
- incorporate the scheme file taxonomy as a new section in the docs
- resolution of all doc warnings made by the doc generator
- clean up and add the 2 new modules I made (the button menu and use
  of that for iconifying/deiconifying windows)

This should be plenty for a new release and makes a good check point.
I'd like to call the new release 0.99.7 since there are API changes.

This is just a heads up.  I won't be ready to release for a _while_ yet
as I'm only through 5% of the scheme files (2.6% of the lines of scheme)
so far.

Let me know if I'm missing something in these plans or you think they
should be different somehow or whatever.

- Scott

[Scwm-devs] testing of stacking routines done, another bug squashed

[Scott L. <sl...@gs...>]

I'm done testing

auto-raise.scm
easyraise.scm
stacking.scm

This completes the stacking group from my original taxonomy.  Fixed a bug in
restack-window-above/below by changing behavior of windows-overlap? to consider
a window self-overlapping.  Renamed a couple of functions to more sane names.
ChangeLog follows:

Sun Feb 17 06:05:59 2002  Scott Lenser  <sl...@cs...>

	* wininfo.scm: Changed windows-overlap? to consider a window as
	overlapping itself.  This changes the effect of 
	window-overlaps-window? and list-overlapping-windows.

	* stacking.scm: Changed name of lower-window-below to
	restack-window-below and raise-window-above to restack-window-above.
	Added compatability defines for the old names with a deprecated
	comment.  The change in the behavior of windows-overlap? fixes the
	restack-window-below/above routines so that they actually work.

[Scwm-devs] fixed bug in easyraise

[Scott L. <sl...@gs...>]

Fixed a bug in easyraise, ChangeLog entry follows:

Sun Feb 17 04:55:55 2002  Scott Lenser  <sl...@cs...>

	* easyraise.scm: Fixed bug in set-easyraise-window! which
	wouldn't update the variable easyraise-windows which would
	cause the wrong windows to get raised lowered.

[Scwm-devs] Re: testing of focus modules done

[Greg B. <ba...@cs...>]

Cool!  This is fantastic!  I'm surprised there aren't more bugs -- I
suppose it's a credit to the user community we had in Scwm's prime.
With your hard work, maybe Scwm's best days are still ahead of us!

Thanks!

Greg

Scott Lenser <sl...@gs...> writes:

> Just an update on testing progress.
> 
> I'm done testing
> 
> hover-focus.scm
> focus-stack.scm
> last-mapped-window.scm
> task-switcher.scm
> 
> This completes the files related to focus in the taxonomy I sent earlier.
> 
> Basically, they all worked fine.  I made a few minor doc improvements and
> a minor code cleanup.  I found one race condition in focus-stack.scm that
> I put a FIXME comment on.  Not going to worry about it now since it will
> be a rare condition and the only bad thing that can happen if it works
> wrong is that the focus won't get updated like it should (but will still
> be on the focus stack).
> 
> Starting work on the stacking group of files next.
> 
> I'm including the scheme taxonomy list here so that it is available on the
> mailing list archive on sourceforge so that I can safely refer to it in the
> future:
> 
> -----------------------------------------
> 
> Categories:
> 
> Display control: control over visual appearance
>   Customization: changing visual appearance
>     basic-styles
>     cursor
>     decor
>     face
>     style-options
>     style
>     stylist
>   Optional features: optional visual features
>     animated-edge-moves
>     animated-iconify
>     animation
>     constraint-animation
>     desk-background
>     menus-extras
>     focus-titlebar
> Events:
>   Handling:
>     modifier-key-bindings
>     quote
>   Generating:
>     Keys:
>       send-string
>     Mouse:
>       key-mover-xtest
>       key-mover
>       synth-events
> Window control:
>   groups (seems to be a hotbed of bugs *sigh*)
>   undo
>   window-configuration
>   winops-menu
>   Constraints:
>     constraints
>     constraint-investigator
>     nonants
>     simple-constraints
>     ui-constraints-classes
>     ui-constraints-composition
>     ui-constraints-gdk-drawing
>     ui-constraints-toggle-menu
>     ui-constraints
>   Focus:
>     dir-focus (FULLY TESTED)
>     focus-stack (FULLY TESTED)
>     hover-focus (FULLY TESTED)
>     last-mapped-window (FULLY TESTED)
>     task-switcher (FULLY TESTED)
>   Stacking:
>     auto-raise
>     easyraise
>     stacking
>   Position/size:
>     auto-shrink
>     auto-unobscure
>     cascade
>     placement
>     shove-window
>     snap
>     tile
>   Hints:
>     gnome-hints
>     kde-hints
>   Virtual desks/viewports:
>     edge-ops
>     shutdown-opts
>     virtual
> Themes:
>   theme-impl
>   themes
> Utility functions:
>   Code: utility functions to be used by other scheme code
>     bincomm
>     corba
>     file
>     fvwm-compat
>     fvwm-eval
>     fvwm-module
>     gtk
>     hooks
>     image-loaders
>     listops
>     number-convert
>     optargs
>     path-cache
>     primopts
>     rectangle
>     reexport
>     register
>     rgb-database
>     sort
>     stringops
>     time-convert
>     window-locations
>     xprop-extras
>   Development support: utility functions to aid development/debugging
>     property-respond
>     reflection
>     test-case
>     visibility-reporter
>     wininfo
>     winlist
>   Input: utility functions that get input from the user
>     gtk-menu
>     gtk-table-display
>     prompt-binding
>     prompt-bool
>     prompt-color
>     prompt-enum
>     prompt-file
>     prompt-font
>     prompt-proc
>     prompt-range
>     prompt-string
>     prompting-shell
>     window-selection
>     winlist-menu
>     ViaVoice:
>       viavoice-smrc
>       viavoice
>   Output: utility functions that display output to the user
>     flash-window
>     gtk-about
>     gtk-message
>     higlight-current-window
>     lambda-startup-logo
>     wavplay
>     where-is
> Extras: (Optional functionality that is not really related to manipulating 
> windows)
>   ScwmBiff
>   ScwmClock
>   netscape
>   debianapps-menu
>   simplebiff
>   xlock-menus
> Windowing applets: (Optional windowing functionality that uses windows for 
> interface)
>   ScwmButtons
>   ScwmDeskButtons
>   scwm-gtk-pager
>   ui-constraints-buttons
> Help:
>   describe
>   doc
>   image-path-suggestor
>   report-usage
>   Configuration:
>     preferences
>     prefs-menu
> Misc: stuff that didn't easily fall into above categories (needs further 
> investigation)
>   base
>   minimal
>   advice
>   flux-gtk
>   flux
>   message-window
>   module-types
>   primopts
>   report-usage
>   session
>   std-menus
>   titlebar-buttons
>   wmconfig-menu

[Scwm-devs] testing of focus modules done

[Scott L. <sl...@gs...>]

Just an update on testing progress.

I'm done testing

hover-focus.scm
focus-stack.scm
last-mapped-window.scm
task-switcher.scm

This completes the files related to focus in the taxonomy I sent earlier.

Basically, they all worked fine.  I made a few minor doc improvements and
a minor code cleanup.  I found one race condition in focus-stack.scm that
I put a FIXME comment on.  Not going to worry about it now since it will
be a rare condition and the only bad thing that can happen if it works
wrong is that the focus won't get updated like it should (but will still
be on the focus stack).

Starting work on the stacking group of files next.

I'm including the scheme taxonomy list here so that it is available on the
mailing list archive on sourceforge so that I can safely refer to it in the
future:

-----------------------------------------

Categories:

Display control: control over visual appearance
  Customization: changing visual appearance
    basic-styles
    cursor
    decor
    face
    style-options
    style
    stylist
  Optional features: optional visual features
    animated-edge-moves
    animated-iconify
    animation
    constraint-animation
    desk-background
    menus-extras
    focus-titlebar
Events:
  Handling:
    modifier-key-bindings
    quote
  Generating:
    Keys:
      send-string
    Mouse:
      key-mover-xtest
      key-mover
      synth-events
Window control:
  groups (seems to be a hotbed of bugs *sigh*)
  undo
  window-configuration
  winops-menu
  Constraints:
    constraints
    constraint-investigator
    nonants
    simple-constraints
    ui-constraints-classes
    ui-constraints-composition
    ui-constraints-gdk-drawing
    ui-constraints-toggle-menu
    ui-constraints
  Focus:
    dir-focus (FULLY TESTED)
    focus-stack (FULLY TESTED)
    hover-focus (FULLY TESTED)
    last-mapped-window (FULLY TESTED)
    task-switcher (FULLY TESTED)
  Stacking:
    auto-raise
    easyraise
    stacking
  Position/size:
    auto-shrink
    auto-unobscure
    cascade
    placement
    shove-window
    snap
    tile
  Hints:
    gnome-hints
    kde-hints
  Virtual desks/viewports:
    edge-ops
    shutdown-opts
    virtual
Themes:
  theme-impl
  themes
Utility functions:
  Code: utility functions to be used by other scheme code
    bincomm
    corba
    file
    fvwm-compat
    fvwm-eval
    fvwm-module
    gtk
    hooks
    image-loaders
    listops
    number-convert
    optargs
    path-cache
    primopts
    rectangle
    reexport
    register
    rgb-database
    sort
    stringops
    time-convert
    window-locations
    xprop-extras
  Development support: utility functions to aid development/debugging
    property-respond
    reflection
    test-case
    visibility-reporter
    wininfo
    winlist
  Input: utility functions that get input from the user
    gtk-menu
    gtk-table-display
    prompt-binding
    prompt-bool
    prompt-color
    prompt-enum
    prompt-file
    prompt-font
    prompt-proc
    prompt-range
    prompt-string
    prompting-shell
    window-selection
    winlist-menu
    ViaVoice:
      viavoice-smrc
      viavoice
  Output: utility functions that display output to the user
    flash-window
    gtk-about
    gtk-message
    higlight-current-window
    lambda-startup-logo
    wavplay
    where-is
Extras: (Optional functionality that is not really related to manipulating 
windows)
  ScwmBiff
  ScwmClock
  netscape
  debianapps-menu
  simplebiff
  xlock-menus
Windowing applets: (Optional windowing functionality that uses windows for 
interface)
  ScwmButtons
  ScwmDeskButtons
  scwm-gtk-pager
  ui-constraints-buttons
Help:
  describe
  doc
  image-path-suggestor
  report-usage
  Configuration:
    preferences
    prefs-menu
Misc: stuff that didn't easily fall into above categories (needs further 
investigation)
  base
  minimal
  advice
  flux-gtk
  flux
  message-window
  module-types
  primopts
  report-usage
  session
  std-menus
  titlebar-buttons
  wmconfig-menu

[Scwm-devs] Re: scwm

[Scott L. <sl...@gs...>]

> Scott,
> 
> Thanks for your reply.
> 
> >Hi,
> >
> >  The current version in CVS should work with Guile 1.4.  I haven't bothered
> >targeting any later version since 1.4 seems to be the latest version in both
> >Debian and Redhat.  It is certainly the latest in Debian (which is what I run)
> >
> Is there a way to configure/sequester SCWM so that it can run and use 
> it's own personal copy of guile?
> I know you can compile SCWM with it's own copy of guile, but once it's 
> installed will it search the
> system path for a guile?
> 
> Guile 1.5.x seems to be in use by some of the latest Gnome packages. 
>  I'm pretty sure the latest
> version of Gnumeric is using 1.5.x.   Of course, that is a development 
>  version of guile.  From what
> I understand the even versions ,1.4, 1.6 etc., are stable versions.  I 
> think I saw on the guile list or
> site that either a 1.6 or 1.8 release was near.
> 
> Fred
> 

Hmm, not available yet in Debian unstable.  What distribution/source packages 
are you
using.  My understanding was that Guile was on version 1.5.x which was going to
be a full release but they decided to redo their numbering so that it is a
devel release.  They still strongly recommend using it over 1.4.x on the Guile
site.  I haven't bothered to port to it yet because I didn't think it was in
common use in the distributions.  It certainly doesn't seem to be in Debian yet
but sometimes Debian can be slow on some packages since it is all volunteer
based.  At the moment, I'm focusing on testing to try to make a good of release
for distributions as possible.

When I was porting from v1.3 to v1.4, I installed guile in a strange path and
passed the configure option to Scwm to look there for guile.  I worked great
and Scwm picked up the right files at runtime so I think it's pretty easy to
get Scwm to use it's own version of guile.

Scott

[Scwm-devs] updates to web page

[Scott L. <sl...@gs...>]

I regenerated the documentation on the web page since it was linking
back to scwm.mit.edu which is no longer there.  I had to update the
scwmdoc.in file to get it to work, so I did that and checked it in
(the #define names had changed).  I saved the old docs in
scwm-doc.old-bak in case the docs I generated have some kind of
problem.  I'll probably delete them after a while if I don't
get any error reports.

I also added Jason's name and email to the web page.

- Scott