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Re: Fluff 0.9.5+ bugs and issues
« Reply #45 on: May 13, 2011, 06:21:06 PM »
Mike

I thankyou for your past work and without wanting to sound like a complete troll  ;) I liked the fact that TC had a file manager and for me it worked.


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Re: Fluff 0.9.5+ bugs and issues
« Reply #46 on: May 13, 2011, 08:14:28 PM »
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I thankyou for your past work

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And for any future work you may do.

I'll try to be more conscientious about documenting and reporting any bugs I come across - there's an issue sometimes where fluff closes unexpectedly which I haven't taken the time/effort to nail down to where I can reliably reproduce it, but I'll do that and report.  Seems the least I can do if I'm going to adopt your effort as my file manager of choice...

I had already invested some time in setting up emalfm2 to my liking before fluff came along.  Extension size usually isn't a limiting factor for me, but I do like to keep an eye out for smaller and faster if sufficient functionality is there.  I am following fluff, even reinstated it onto my wbar, and look forward to seeing it develop.  With fluff included in base, it was a no-brainer to start the process of switching myself over from emelfm2 to fluff.  With fluff as an extension, I have actually think about it and consciously make the decision to switch.

I was a bit surprised when fluff was initially included in base, not so much because of its size but because including it did seem to violate the fundamentals of Tiny Core.  Useful as it is, it would have to be -awfully- tiny to justify being include in base instead of being an extension.  I liked having it there in base because it gave a new user some capability to browse the base system without installing -any- extensions.

In a similar vein, I was surprised -and ecstatic- when "editor" was included, even though it too might be thought of as extension fodder.  Leaving users of a base system saddled with busybox's vi (or any vi) seems cruel and unusual punishment even though the general run of Linux distros makes it not unusual at all.

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Re: Fluff 0.9.5+ bugs and issues
« Reply #47 on: May 13, 2011, 11:48:09 PM »
aus9, Lee: Thanks for the kind words.  I'm just about to submit the extension packages.  One will be to upgrade Fluff to the latest version if you are running TC 3.6 (or 3.5 for that matter).  Another will be to install Fluff on 3.7.

Lee: Hopefully Fluff 1.0.0 will behave better for you. 

We'll see if my other "micro" file manager idea takes shape and gains any support.  ;)

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Re: Fluff 0.9.5+ bugs and issues
« Reply #48 on: May 14, 2011, 02:02:21 PM »
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We'll see if my other "micro" file manager idea takes shape and gains any support.

Is that something I should know about?  Or an idea not yet out in public?

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Re: Fluff 0.9.5+ bugs and issues
« Reply #49 on: May 14, 2011, 07:06:18 PM »
I was just beginning to like fluff. I was thinking the extra features would not cause bloat at all, yes they will be a few kb extra but perhaps the mount tool could be dropped instead.

I would like you to keep plugging away at it Mike, it is not mature enough yet. Don't be content with just fixing any bugs; look at improvements.

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Re: Fluff 0.9.5+ bugs and issues
« Reply #50 on: May 14, 2011, 10:12:16 PM »
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We'll see if my other "micro" file manager idea takes shape and gains any support.

Is that something I should know about?  Or an idea not yet out in public?



I've dropped hints, but mostly it's an idea not yet out in public.  I may do a rough prototype and post it to get some feedback.  If so, I'll probably post first in the "Programming" subforum.

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I would like you to keep plugging away at it Mike, it is not mature enough yet. Don't be content with just fixing any bugs; look at improvements.

Oh, I'm not done with Fluff.  I definitely plan to do things on the future feature wish list.  But I have other stuff waiting on the sideline or in the early concept phase.  For example, I have a FLTK GUI for configuring and managing WiFi connections, but it's only 80% or 90% ready for the first "alpha" preview.  So I don't know the priority and order things will get done.

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Re: Fluff 0.9.5+ bugs and issues
« Reply #51 on: May 15, 2011, 12:00:20 AM »
Have you had a look at the wifi tools in puppy? I think there might be lots of stuff that can be adapted easily.

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Re: Fluff 0.9.5+ bugs and issues
« Reply #52 on: May 16, 2011, 12:52:09 PM »
Jur: Yes, I was a Puppy user before Tiny Core, and I did use its WiFi stuff.  My new app has some overlap with that, it is more similar to Gnome's Network Manager, I'd say.  More later in another subforum. ;)

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Re: Fluff 0.9.5+ bugs and issues
« Reply #53 on: June 07, 2011, 08:02:42 AM »
hi

I am just looking at olde fluff and new fluff_upgrade

any chance you can have a fluff.png in the new one please

I am thinking of remastering my own TC to have fluff_upgrade in the wbar

2) I could grab the old icon but am too lazy...heh heh

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Re: Fluff 0.9.5+ bugs and issues
« Reply #54 on: June 07, 2011, 02:47:45 PM »
aus9: fluff.tcz has fluff.png icon.  Can't you use fluff.tcz in your remaster?  ???

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Re: Fluff 0.9.5+ bugs and issues
« Reply #55 on: June 07, 2011, 06:10:11 PM »
hi

I prefer your new improved fluff but I suppose I will renege on (2) heh heh

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Re: Fluff 0.9.5+ bugs and issues
« Reply #56 on: June 08, 2011, 01:03:01 PM »
Why I'm confused is that fluff.tcz is version 1.0.0 (most up to date), and it contains the icon and .desktop file.  So if you remaster, you can just include it, or copy any part or parts of it you need over the version that comes with Tiny Core base.  So I don't see any problem getting the icon.

Or do not understand a problem you have?   :-\

Here is the .png icon anyway.

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Re: Fluff 0.9.5+ bugs and issues
« Reply #57 on: June 08, 2011, 02:42:43 PM »
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For example, I have a FLTK GUI for configuring and managing WiFi connections, but it's only 80% or 90% ready for the first "alpha" preview.  So I don't know the priority and order things will get done.


mike, magicparted has a nice tool   http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=9831.msg53702#msg53702
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Re: Fluff 0.9.5+ bugs and issues
« Reply #58 on: June 09, 2011, 03:07:46 AM »
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