howm: A vim like WM

[rhowaldt]

@harvey: just for clarity: we don't really have rules or shit, i just like to exaggerate :) but the reason we like people doing intro-threads is simply so we can get to know them a bit better.

[pidsley]

I have a dzen-bar working. I'm not planning to share the script, because it's a hack and I'm sure Harvey can come with a better solution.

[harveyhunt]

I have a dzen-bar working. I'm not planning to share the script, because it's a hack and I'm sure Harvey can come with a better solution.

Looks awesome Pidsley. Would you mind sharing the script please? It'll make writing howm a little easier. I won't write a status script for a while, so it'd be cool to have for now. :)

[harveyhunt]

It'd be great if someone could try out that latest howm commit on the develop branch and try to launch firefox or dwb.

It crashes my X server, not sure if it is howm or something else...

[franksinistra]

with the latest commit , operators doesn't seem to work for me
and conkeror crashes all the time , alas it was a show stopper for now

[harveyhunt]

with the latest commit , operators doesn't seem to work for me
and conkeror crashes all the time , alas it was a show stopper for now

I am having some issues with any windows that have floating windows- such as pop ups in firefox etc. I will fix it over the next few days, howm will be unstable until then. A lot of applications are crashing on start up too.

Operators are working fine for me, I will let you know in this thread when things have stabilised. :)

[harveyhunt]

Hey everyone!

I have finally released version 0.1, you can get it from here: https://github.com/HarveyHunt/howm/releases/tag/0.1

Let me know if you have any problems with it. I have updated the documentation, so please let me know if it is all clear enough.

[machinebacon]

Thanks Harvey, I will put it on a blank base system and make a remix of it for 'the broad masses' this weekend :)

[machinebacon]

By the way, excellent documentation! Wish other projects would do it like this, too! (shamefully looks into the mirror)

[harveyhunt]

By the way, excellent documentation! Wish other projects would do it like this, too! (shamefully looks into the mirror)

Thanks MB! I get tired of wasting time trying to work out how to use projects that have bad docs, so I thought I would save people the effort. ;)

Awesome, thanks for making a remix!

[harveyhunt]

Release version 0.2 is now out with some new features and lots of bug fixes.

https://github.com/HarveyHunt/howm/releases/tag/0.2

I have also got an IRC channel on freenode at #howm- come and say hi!

[harveyhunt]

I have just released version 0.4 It has lots of nice new features in it.

https://github.com/HarveyHunt/howm/releases/tag/0.4

[harveyhunt]

Phew, it's been a busy time but version 0.5 is finally out.

howm now longer uses config.h - everything is done using cottage. Keybindings are now handled by cottage + sxhkd for a cleaner design.

I wrote a blog post about the new features here.

[machinebacon]

Nice blog post! Hanukkah is coming soon with howmslice in the bag :)

[simgin]

^^ Nice blog Harvey, and I like your g+ picture, looks like you have a cat outfit on?

cheers
simon

[harveyhunt]

Nice blog post! Hanukkah is coming soon with howmslice in the bag :)

The spin will arrive just in time for Christmas dinner. :D

^^ Nice blog Harvey, and I like your g+ picture, looks like you have a cat outfit on?

cheers
simon

Yeah, my halloween outfit. :-)

[stark]

Great Work Hunt :) Cottage is nice!