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Rodney Padgett 56d8568787 Use inotify to check for changes to the defaults database. Workaround for 
event handler timer.

After upgrading my kernel recently I noticed that dnotify has been
depreciated, so I decided to try and implement the new inotify code in
Window Maker instead.

During testing, I also found that one of the timers which was removed
(the one causing the most wake-ups), calling delayedAction, was
responsible for handling signals. Basically with this timer removed,
signals were only handled after an X event occurs.

After looking at the delayedAction function, I couldn't see the purpose of it.
It certainly wouldn't cause any delay as it was called by the timer every
500ms, so there is no time correlation with when a signal was received.
Also, it appeared to count the signals and call DispatchEvent for each
one, but it appears DispatchEvent would just handle the most recent signal
and take action on that. The signals handled by delayedAction are the
various exit and reset signals, so only one need to be handled. I
therefore have commented out delayedAction (it wasn't called by any other
procedure) and added a call to DispatchEvent imediately after the signal
is registered, in handleExitSig.

I'm not sure what problems this may cause with dead children - these are
only cleaned up after an Xevent now that the timer is removed- but I
haven't observed any problems since a few months ago.
2008-08-09 13:14:39 -05:00

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Installation Instructions for Window Maker
SUPPORTED PLATFORMS
===================
(ie: I've heard someone has compiled it on...)
- Intel GNU/Linux Conectiva 5.9 (beta)
- Intel GNU/Linux Slackware
- Intel GNU/Linux Debian
- Intel GNU/Linux other distributions
- Sparc GNU/Linux RedHat 5.1
- PowerPC GNU/MkLinux
- Alpha GNU/Linux RedHat 5.1
- FreeBSD
- NetBSD
- OpenBSD
- BSDI 4.0
- Solaris 2.5.1, 2.5.2
- Solaris 2.6.0
- Solaris 2.7beta
- Solaris 2.8 on Ultra Sparc 10 and E450
- SCO Unix
- SGI Irix 5.x, 6.5
- OSF/1
- HP-UX
- AIX 3.2.5
- AIX 4.1.4 / IBM PowerPC
- AIX 4.3.1 / IBM CC compiler
- AIX 4.3.2 / IBM PowerPC
- AIX 5.3
- DEC Alpha/Digital UNIX 4.x
- XFree86 / OS/2
- Corel NetWinder
- SunOS 4.x
- PowerMac / Power MachTen 4.1.1 over MacOS
- Amiga 3000 running RedHat Linux 5.1 (Rawhide)
- IBM S/390 running Linux
- IBM S/390 running Conectiva Linux (experimental)
- iBook running Darwin
- Darwin PPC / Macos X
- Windows NT with Cygwin/XFree86
- Sony PlayStation2 running Linux
All registered trademarks are registered by their owners. (duh)
Patches to make it work on other platforms are welcome.
REQUIREMENTS:
=============
The following software is required to use Window Maker:
- X11R6.x
Window Maker can be compiled in older versions of X, like X11R5
(Solaris) or X11R4 (OpenWindows) but it will not work 100% correctly.
In such servers there will not be application icons and you'll have
trouble using the dock. Upgrading the client libraries (Xlib, Xt etc)
will help if you can't upgrade the server.
The following is required to build Window Maker:
- Basic obvious stuff
gcc (or some other ANSI C compiler)
glibc development files (usually glibc-devel in Linux distributions)
X development files (XFree86-devel or something similar)
- autoconf, automake and libtool
autoconf 2.54
automake 1.4
libtool 1.4.2
- Xft2
and its dependencies (such as freetype2 and fontconfig)
You will also need the development files for it (xft2-devel)
OPTIONAL:
=========
These libraries are not required to make Window Maker work, but they
are supported in case you want to use them. Version numbers are those
that I have (and therefore, guraranteed to work), but other versions
might work too.
- libXPM 4.7 or newer
Older versions may not work!!!
Available at ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/libs/X/
There is builtin support for XPM files, but it will not
load images in some uncommon encodings.
- libpng 0.96 or newer and zlib
For PNG image support.
http://www.cdrom.com/pub/png/
- libtiff 3.4 or newer
For TIFF image support.
You can get it at ftp://ftp.sgi.com/graphics/tiff
- libjpeg 6.0.1 or newer
For JPEG image support
http://www.ijg.org/
- libgif 2.2 or libungif
For GIF image support
ftp://prtr-13.ucsc.edu/pub/libungif/
- GNU xgettext
If you want to use translated messages, you will need GNU gettext.
Other versions of gettext are not compatible and will not work.
Get the GNU version from ftp://ftp.gnu.org
CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
==================
If you downloaded the cvs or git versions, type
./autogen.sh
to generate the config files.
These options can be passed to the configure script to enable/disable
some Window Maker features. Example:
./configure --enable-modelock --disable-gif
will configure Window Maker with modelock supported and disable gif support.
Normally, you won't need any of them.
To get a list of other options, run ./configure --help
--with-libs-from
specify additional paths for libraries to be searched.
The -L flag must precede each path, like:
--with-libs-from="-L/opt/libs -L/usr/local/lib"
--with-incs-from
specify additional paths for header files to be searched.
The -I flag must precede each paths, like:
--with-incs-from="-I/opt/headers -I/usr/local/include"
--disable-shm
disable use of the MIT shared memory extension. This will slow down
texture generation a little bit, but in some cases it seems to be
necessary due to a bug that manifests as messed icons and textures.
--disable-motif
disable support for mwm window manager hints
--enable-lite
remove things that are already supported in desktop environments,
like KDE and GNOME. Disabled things are: window list, root
applications menu, multiple window selection. Note that you will not
be able to exit Window Maker from itself anymore; you will have to
use kill with the SIGTERM signal or exit it from KDE. It is not
advisable to enable it.
--enable-modelock
XKB language status lock support. If you don't know what it is you
probably don't need it.
--disable-xpm
disables use of the XPM library even if it is available on your
system.
--disable-png
disables use of PNG library
--disable-tiff
disable use of TIFF library
--disable-gif
disable use of GIF library
--disable-jpeg
disable use of JPEG library
--disable-shape
disables shaped windows (for oclock, xeyes etc.)
PLATFORM SPECIFIC NOTES:
========================
- DEC/Alpha machines
#>>>>>>>>>>>
From: Anton Ivanov <aivanov@eu.level3.net>
To: Marcelo E. Magallon <mmagallo@debian.org>
Subject: Re: Is the WindowMaker package working ok on Alpha?
> Hi,
>
> I was reading some docs on the WindowMaker tarball, and found this:
>
> | - DEC/Alpha machines
> | You might need to pass the --disable-shm flag to configure,
> | like ./configure --disable-shm
>
> is anyone having problems with WindowMaker on Alpha? Can someone
> please test this? Should the flag be passed when building on Alpha?
Disclaimer: alphas under my command have never run X and are least likely to
suddenly start running it anytime soon.
Alpha used to have some ridiculously low amount of shared memory
configured.
So quite a lot of apps used to barf. Namely - cdrecord, mysql server, etc.
Check where is yours at the moment and raise it to a more appropriate
value by either catting to the appropriate /proc entry or changing the
/usr/src/linux/include/asm/shmparam.h.
Otherwise the shared memory on alpha should be fully functional and I
see no reason to disable it. Mine are bumped up to 32 or more on most
machines.
And If I recall correctly the comments in that file are actually
wrong. Value is not bytes, but in machine size word. For alpha *8.
As I said - I do not run X on them so all #include "stdisclaimer.h"
apply.
#<<<<<<<<<<<<
- SCO Unix - run configure like
CFLAGS="-belf -DANSICPP" ./configure
- SunOS, Solaris
If you have gcc installed, run configure as:
CPP_PATH="gcc -E -x c" ./configure
Sun's cpp lacks some features needed by Window Maker and it can
cause problems when parsing the config files.
You also might need to use the --with-libs-from and --with-incs-from
to supply the directory where libtiff is located.
Someone mailed me that you also must make /usr/local/lib be the
first path in LD_LIBRARY_PATH to make it work.
If you have a Ultra Creator 3D or some other machine with high-end
graphics, be sure to start the X server with the default visual
set to 24bpp or you might experience problems with mangled colors.
This is a wmaker bug and will be fixed.
- GNU/Linux in general
Make sure you have /usr/local/lib in /etc/ld.so.conf and that you
run ldconfig after installing.
Uninstall any packaged version of Window Maker before installing a new
version.
- RedHat GNU/Linux
RedHat systems have several annoying problems. If you use it,
be sure to follow the steps below or Window Maker will not work:
* if you installed the Window Maker that comes with RedHat, uninstall
it before upgrading;
* make sure you don't have the LANG and LINGUAS environment variables
set to en_RN;
* make sure you have /usr/local/bin in your PATH environment
variable;
* make sure you have /usr/local/lib in /etc/ld.so.conf before running
ldconfig;
- PowerPC MkLinux
You will need to have the latest version of Xpmac. Older versions
seem to have bugs that cause the system to hang.
- Debian GNU/Linux
If you want JPEG and TIFF support, make sure you have libtiff-dev
and libjpeg-dev installed.
- SuSE GNU/Linux
If you installed the Window Maker package from SuSE,
uninstall it before trying to compile wmaker or you
might have problems.
- MetroX (unknown version)
MetroX has a bug that corrupts pixmaps that are set as window
backgrounds. If you use MetroX and has weird problems with
textures, do not use textures in titlebars. Or use a different
X server.
INSTALLATION:
=============
Build Window Maker
------------------
For a quick start, type the following in your shell prompt:
./configure
make
then, login as root and type:
make install
ldconfig
or if you want to strip the debugging symbols from the binaries and make them
smaller, you can instead type:
make install-strip
ldconfig
This will build and install Window Maker with default parameters.
If you want to customize some compile-time options, you can do the
following.
1. (optional) Look at the CONFIGURE OPTIONS section above for the
options available. Also run:
./configure --help
to get a complete listing of other options that are available.
2. Run configure with the options you want. For example, if you
want to use the --enable-modelock option, type:
./configure --enable-modelock
3. (optional) Edit src/wconfig.h with your favorite text editor
and browse through it for some options you might want to change.
4. Compile. Just type:
make
5. Login as root (if you can't do that, read the "I don't have the
root password :-(" section) and install Window Maker in your system:
su root
make install
User specific configuration
---------------------------
These instructions do not need to be followed when upgrading Window Maker
from an older version, unless stated differently in the NEWS file.
Every user on your system that wishes to run Window Maker must do the
following:
1. Install Window Maker configuration files in your home directory.
Type:
wmaker.inst
wmaker.inst will install Window Maker configuration files and will
setup X to automatically launch Window Maker at startup.
That's it!
You can type "man wmaker" to get some general help for configuration
and other stuff.
Read the User Guide for a more in-depth explanation of Window Maker.
You might want to take a look at the FAQ too.
Installing the extras package
-----------------------------
Unpack WindowMaker-extra-<version-number>.tar.gz in /usr/local/share
You can get the file at ftp://ftp.windowmaker.info. This file is optional
and only have a few icons, and themes. Look for the latest <version-number>
available.
Also there is a WindowMaker-extra.readme to instruct you where that package
should go.
I don't have the root password :(
---------------------------------
If you can't get superuser privileges (can't be root) you can install
wmaker in your own home directory. For that, supply the --prefix option
when running configure in step 2 of building Window Maker. You will
also need to supply the --with-appspath option, to specify the path for
WPrefs.app Example:
./configure --prefix=/home/jshmoe --with-appspath=/home/jshmoe/GNUstep/Applications
Then make /home/jshmoe/bin be included in your search PATH, add
/home/jshmoe/lib to your LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable and run
bin/wmaker.inst
Of course, /home/jshmoe is supposed to be replaced with your actual home
directory path.
UPGRADING
=========
If you are upgrading from an older version of Window Maker:
1. Configure and build Window Maker as always
2. Install Window Maker (but do not run wmaker.inst)
3. Read the NEWS file and update your configuration files if necessary.
TROUBLESHOOTING
===============
When you have some trouble during configuration (while running configure),
like not being able to use a graphic format library you think you have
installed, look at the config.log file for clues of the problem.
== Error with loading fonts, even if they exist.
Try rebuilding without NLS support.
== Error when configuring
ltconfig: unrecognized option `--no-reexec'
Try `ltconfig --help' for more information.
configure: error: libtool configure failed
remove the --no-reexec option from aclocal.m4 and reconfigure
Also make sure the autoconf and automake versions you have installed are:
autoconf 2.13
automake 1.4
libtool 1.3
Note that it must not be libtool 1.2b, it must be libtool 1.3,
from the GNU sites.
== configure doesn't detect libtiff, or other graphic libraries.
Delete config.cache, then rerun configure adding the following options to
configure (among the other options you use):
--with-libs-from="-L/usr/local/lib"
--with-incs-from="-I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/tiff"
Put the paths where your graphic libs and their corresponding header files are
located. You can put multiple paths in any of these options, as the example
of --with-incs-from shows. Just put a space between them.
== configure doesn't detect libXpm.
* Check if you have a symbolic link from libXpm.so.4.9 to libXpm.so
== Segmentation fault on startup
* Check if the version of libXPM you have is at least 4.7
* Check if you have an updated version of ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WindowMaker
If you're not sure, try renaming ~/GNUstep to ~/GNUtmp and then run wmaker.inst
== "...: your machine is misconfigured. gethostname() returned (none)"
* the hostname of your machine is set to something invalid, that starts
with a parenthesis. Do a man hostname for info about how to set it.
== The root menu contains only 2 entries. ("XTerm" and "Exit...")
* Window Maker is not finding cpp (the C preprocessor). If your cpp is
not located in /lib/cpp, edit src/config.h and correct the path in
CPP_PATH.
== checking lex output file root... configure: error: cannot find output from true; giving up
* Read the REQUIREMENTS section of this file.
LOCALES/INTERNATIONALIZATION
============================
Window Maker has national language support. To enable national language
support, you must compile Window Maker with some additional parameters.
0 - You must have the GNU gettext package installed. It can be
obtained at ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/gettext-nnn.tar.gz
Steps 1 to 3 can be skipped if you use the Install script.
1 - You have to select the languages you want to support. Set the
LINGUAS to the list of locales you want. English is always
suported. Example:
setenv LINGUAS "pt ja de"
in csh
or
export LINGUAS;LINGUAS="pt ja de"
in sh
The list of supported locales can be found in po/README.
English is the default language.
Read po/README if you wish to translate and maintain locale files
for other languages.
2 - Additionally, if your language uses multi-byte characters, such
as Japanese or Korean, you must set the MultiByteText option to YES
in ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WMGLOBAL
3 - Configure, build and install Window Maker normally.
4 - To select a particular locale at runtime you must set the LANG
environment variable to the locale you want. For example, if you want to set
the portuguese locale, you must run
setenv LANG pt
in csh or
export LANG; LANG=pt
in Bourne sh and similars
Note: If you have the LC_CTYPE environment variable set, you must
unset it before running wmaker.
For menu definition files, Window Maker searches for them in the
following order (for brazilian portuguese, in this case):
menu.pt_BR
menu.pt
menu
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