Not so Common Desktop Environment (NsCDE) 2.0
This release is a turning point. All code and data is reorganized to conform to the FHS standard. NsCDE now uses standard autoconf and automake. Installation is universal weather started under FVWM 2 or FVWM 3.
- Renamed most of the python and shell tools and helpers the are now located in libexec/NsCDE or lib/NsCDE depending on the system defaults
- Renamed FVWM configurations, stripped from unnecessary NsCDE- prefix new system of extensions indicated kind of file (see docs)
- Data, configs and commands completely reorganized to conform to FHS standard and be more suitable for packaging and system integration
- Made FVWM major version runtime detectable, there is no more separate installation parameters
- Added Front Panel Icon Manager application
- Added Front Panel context menu option to move launchers left or right
- Added Rename option to subpanels items context menu
- Introduced autoconf and automake for build and install process, no more Installer.ksh monster.
- Made RPM, Debian and Arch example packaging instructions and files
- Never ending CSS fixes for Firefox and Thunderbird as damaging of their look continues by the Mozilla
- 1.x to 2.x migration procedure introduced at 1st login to the NsCDE 2.0 all data in ~/.NsCDE is renamed and key things renamed to work again old ~/.NsCDE is saved as tarball in user's home
- Context menus Help on Front Panel and Subpanels are now mostly content aware: they will display proper NsCDE documentation for NsCDE items and will try to find man pages for the rest applications, display them as HTML in browser, or directly if appropriate help reader is installed
- Uniformly rework and harden .desktop files in share/applications
- Smarter detection of XDG data and config paths during autoconf configure
- Huge documentation update, added more instructions, whole chapters, figures and illustrations with descriptions and examples
- bootstrap: add example Xset.conf and .xscreensaver if they are missing
- Fine tuned fontsets for larger resolutions
- Added more key bindings in FvwmScript applications
- Added more icons to icon theme to fix the missing gaps
- Front Panel button 8 now displays application manager instead of editor if compatible file manager capable of doing it is found
- Front Panel position can be now configured in ~/.NsCDE.conf
- Update locale
- Added more 3rd party integrations in config_templates/colormgr.local
- Enhance confit_templates/fontmgr.local with new examples, install it during bootstrap procedure
- Really fix and test font sync to qt5ct.conf
- Correct screen calculation for GWM under FVWM3 in multi monitor mode
- Correct screen calculation for GWMPager under FVWM3 in multi monitor mode
- Fixed internal non-fatal syntax errors in WSM
- Minor typo and bug fixes which were found during the process of FHS-ing
See ChangeLog or "git log" for a complete list of changes.