myDSL Extensions (deprecated) :: MyDSL problem



Please don't interpret my observations as a complaint.

I know that there are many more significant changes going on right now, but I just wanted to get the feedback out there to gain a better understanding of the situation and the various solutions.


Ke4nt1, can you fix the alsadebs extension, too when you get a chance?


While I am sure that friedgold's MENUITEM tweak will work (although I have not tested it yet), my personal preference is to figure out a way to test for the presence of the entire line of text that goes into the fluxbox menu rebuild.

In other words, the exec+description+command  as one unique check.

I haven't spent any time to figure out how to do this yet, but I am sure that it is do-able.

Something to add to the longer term to-do list, perhaps?

Or maybe make friedgold's tweak as a short term fix for 1.3.1 until an alternative solution is found.

Just my $0.02
cbagger01?

What is the issue with alsadebs.dsl ?

Is that the one where I need to change the menuname from
Install Alsa     to    Alsa Install   ??

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ke4nt
cbagger, No complaint heh, but your conculsion says otherwise.

The nameing "convention" has served us well (over 325 extensions in the libraries).
Can things be improved?  Sure. Always, in fact. Did I say, I was looking to optimize?  Yes.
With 325 extensions complying with this convention, I see no need to issue a 1.3.1 per your conculsion.

I purposely write everyting in script, so you can read it and change what you want.

You can please some of the people some of the time, but you will never please everyone all the time.
ke4nt1,

The issue with alsadebs.dsl is the same as usbview.dsl
The Install ALSA menu item does not appear after loading from /optional

roberts,

I still don't completely understand what the differences are between the "correct" and the "incorrect" naming conventions.  The information has probably been explained somewhere but I may have missed it while I was out of the picture recently for a few weeks.

As for my 1.3.1 statement, once again I create more confusion by not expressing my thoughts clearly.

What I meant to say is:

Maybe friedgold's tweak can be wrapped into 1.3.1 (or whatever the next version of DSL will be called).  So it would be rolled into the next version as an "oh by the way" item.  I did not mean to suggest that this one little issue is worthy of an emergency release just to address it.  I just assumed that at some point a 1.3.1 will be issued for other reasons and this tweak could be "piggy-backed" on to it.

I apologize for the misunderstanding.
ke4nt1,

FYI, I downloaded and tested the new USBview.tar.gz extension that was placed in /optional on my newly rebuilt DSL 1.3 USBHDD frugal install and the same behavior is observed:

USBview appears in the myDSL optional menu.  I click on it and it installs the extension.  But the run usbview menu item never appears.

FYI, I also observed some strange behavior on my USBHDD frgual w/backup&restore.

The myDSL optional menu failed to reappear after doing a Reboot of the system.  The console startup messages did mention the usual myDSL optional extension stuff, but when Xwindows appeared, there was no myDSL or myDSL optional menu.

I repeated this a few times to make sure that it was not just a one-time fluke.

I then manually added

home/.fluxbox/menu

to my

.xfiletool.lst

file and then rebooted and the myDSL menu started working again.

I am not quite sure what is happening, but I think that myDSL does not like the fact that the fluxbox/menu file gets automatically backed up by default.

When you get a free moment, please test and see if you can duplicate my results.
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