[openbox] [aconchillo at acm.org: Anaphora is an Epistrophy configurator]

Marius Nita marius at cs.pdx.edu
Fri Oct 25 13:21:39 EDT 2002


On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 11:53:46AM -0500, Ben Jansens wrote:
> i'm writing to you because i'd like to contribute in some way to
> Openbox. The way i'm trying to help is by making a graphical epistrophy
> configurator, is called anaphora. (curiosity: an anaphora is the antonym
> of an epistrophy).

Wow, this is way cool. The initial architecture sounds awesome, being based on
an xml file... I assume that adding a new option/action would be a matter of
editing this xml file, at least to a large extent. 

Anyway, cool! Keep it up.

marius

> how am i doing it?
> 
> first of all i have created an XML configuration file for anaphora wich
> contains all options listed in 'man epistrc' (i've attached the
> file). these options will be presented to the user in a graphical tool,
> that will allow the user to save an epistrc file. and of course it will
> also allow to configure the grabbed keys.
> 
> libraries used:
> 
> i've choosen expat (for xml reading) and gtk2 for the gui.
> 
> status?
> 
> i've already load the xml file and in a few days i will have the gui and
> something more. i just work on it at nights, but i'm trying to do my
> best.
> 
> homepage?
> 
> i've created a project in savannah:
> 
> http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/anaphora
> 
> well, that's it. i hope it will be useful for many people, at least it
> will help me :).
> 
> i'll inform you when i have something visible. i hope it will be very
> soon.
> 
> best regards,
> 
> aleix
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- End forwarded message -----
> 
> 
> -- 
> I am damn unsatisfied to be killed in this way.





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