wmiirc-lua kitchen sink repository

[wmiirc-lua]{tag/wmiirc-lua} is a replacement for sh-based wmiirc that ships with the wmii window manager.

I have had some issues with the libixp and wmii packages under Debian. Particularly the problem is caused by the fact that libixp (and wmii use of the library) changes often but do not have any way to detect subtle changes in the API from the sources.

I decided to track everything in a kitchen sink repository that will include all the sources that need to be versioned and released together. That way what you try is the same thing I tried. Currently this includes

• libixp imported from mercurial
• wmii imported from mercurial
• wmiirc-lua

This of course uses magic [git]{tag/git} powers; or more specifically git submodules. To follow along you will need git 1.5.3 or newer.

So unlike previous releases, you don’t even need to install wmii or libixp. Simply run these commands:

    apt-get install build-essential debhelper           \
                libx11-dev libxext-dev libxt-dev        \
                lua5.1 liblua5.1-0-dev liblua5.1-posix0 \
                dwm-tools xclip dstat
    
    git clone git://git.jukie.net/wmiirc-lua-kitchen-sink.git/
    
    cd wmiirc-lua-kitchen-sink
    git submodule init
    git submodule update
    make install-user

The libixp and wmii files will be installed in $HOME/usr/ and the wmiirc-lua files will go in $HOME/.wmii-3.5. You can now exec wmii-lua from ~/.xsession.

NOTE you have to add $HOME/usr/bin to your PATH.

NOTE that the kitchen-sink repository is not actually tagged with versions (yet), so you will get the head of the development branch.

Also, visist #wmiirc-lua IRC channel on oftc.net.