Re: [STUMP] Building StumpWM/CLisp on Ubuntu

[Sébastien Vauban]

Hi,

Can I bump up this thread?

Sébastien Vauban wrote:
> Vitaly Mayatskikh wrote:
>> At Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:18:02 +0100, Sébastien Vauban wrote:
>>
>>> I'm running against time... and haven't had the opportunity for the
>>> upgrade yet. Now, I don't risk much into doing the jump to 9.10 as I still
>>> can't use StumpWM in my current config. I'll tell you when I do.
>
> [...]
>
> Today, I tried to get StumpWM back. [...] (a version of May 2009, not that
> bad).
>
> Though:
>
> 1. The *mode-line-timeout* is not activated every second, contrarily to what's
>    written in my "dot" file (but I think this was already the case before as
>    well). So, this is not a new problem.

Solved by Vitaly.


> 2. my `F19' key (`Caps_Lock') and `F20' (`Super_L') keys are not working,
>    whatever I try (setting them "correctly" in my `.xsession' file, or in my
>    `.Xmodmap' file).
>
>    When trying to detect the keycodes with `xev', for what concerns `F20' at
>    least, it just does not see it...
>
>    For `F19', the following code is just useless:
>
>    --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>    ;; keyboard layout
>    (defvar *keyboard-layout* :qwerty-gb)
>    (run-shell-command "setxkbmap gb && xmodmap -e 'clear lock' -e 'keycode 66 
> = F19' -e 'add lock = F19'")
>
>    (defcommand toggle-keyboard-layout () ()
>      (ecase *keyboard-layout*
>        (:qwerty-gb
>         (setf *keyboard-layout* :azerty-fr)
>         (run-shell-command "setxkbmap fr && xmodmap -e 'clear lock' -e 
> 'keycode 66 = F19' -e 'add lock = F19'")
>         (message "Selected keyboard layout: France"))
>        (:azerty-fr
>         (setf *keyboard-layout* :qwerty-gb)
>         (run-shell-command "setxkbmap gb && xmodmap -e 'clear lock' -e 
> 'keycode 66 = F19' -e 'add lock = F19'")
>         (message "Selected keyboard layout: United Kingdom"))))
>
>    (define-key *root-map* (kbd "F19") "toggle-keyboard-layout")
>    --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Still not working. (Very) annoying right now. Have to bind a "normal" key,
currently `M-t', but not as easy as the useless Caps_Lock and its visual
feedback (LED on when writing in French keyboard layout).


> 3. If I banish the pointer in my "dot" file, then I first am forced to set the
>    focus with the mouse somewhere on the screen before the prefix key is
>    working. That's very disturbing, but only occurs at the very first launch
>    of the session.

Any idea? All well thought, that certainly was *the* explanation for the
following observation:

> 4. My own-compiled version of StumpWM does not read my `.stumpwmrc' file, it
>    seems. Nothing appears on the screen. But, yes, `Ctrl-T' is active, and I
>    can do whatever I want with it. Working, but not set up as expected.

Problem 4 is not a problem anymore... Problem 3 is still of actuality.

Best regards,
  Seb

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Sébastien Vauban