freenode/#stumpwm - IRC Chatlog

17:43:08 codemac does anyone else override functions directly in their config? I could fork all of stumpwm and build it for myself, but I struggle to enjoy quicklisp etc by others and tend to use system installs

17:43:34 codemac or should I give up and just fork stumpwm for myself to hack up mode-line for a while until I can figure out how to contribute to stumpwm upstream?

17:57:20 MichaelRaskin Yeah, I do override some StumpWM internal functions

18:00:30 MichaelRaskin https://github.com/7c6f434c/lang-os/blob/master/stumpwm/props-to-tags.lisp#L3

18:01:36 codemac that appears to do the opposite, it seems to say "unless this is bound", which means it won't override?

18:01:41 codemac or maybe I'm misreading

18:02:07 MichaelRaskin No, unless the helper variable is already bound, create the helper variable and override using it

18:04:32 codemac ah! ok

18:05:09 codemac thank you for this example, it's perfect

18:05:34 MichaelRaskin This is all with in-package :stumpwm, might need some cleanup if you do things cleaner

19:59:54 drl This guy is frustrated with StumpWM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pTSgMlpyzc

20:00:17 drl The reason is because he does have

20:00:31 drl a clue of how to use it.

20:02:52 drl Stumpwm is the most important software I use to speed things up. I'm frustrated when I try to use other window managers.

20:05:38 MichaelRaskin Has the guy ever used anything else tiling?

20:16:19 drl Yes, many. But I see why he had trouble getting started with StumpWM. StumpWM needs a good "how to get started" tutorial.

20:17:21 drl "he does" should be "he doesn't" have a clue.

20:18:52 MichaelRaskin So he just has no idea about any Lisp and therefore predictably suffers because each line of config is a struggle?