Windowmaker version 0.92.0 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 0.92.0

      View the most recent changes for the windowmaker port at: windowmaker.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for windowmaker.
      The raw portfile for windowmaker 0.92.0 is located here:
      http://windowmaker.darwinports.com/dports/x11/windowmaker/Portfile
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      The windowmaker Portfile 50624 2009-05-05 11:15:16Z and.damore macports.org $
      PortSystem 1.0
      Name: windowmaker
      Version: 0.92.0
      Revision: 4
      Maintainers: nomaintainer
      Category: x11 x11-wm
      Platform: darwin freebsd
      Homepage: http://www.windowmaker.info/
      Description: Window Maker is a X11 window manager supporting GNUstep
      Long Description: Window Maker is an X11 window manager originally designed to provide integration support for the GNUstep Desktop Environment. In every way possible, it reproduces the elegant look and feel of the NEXTSTEP\[tm\] user interface. It is fast, feature rich, easy to configure, and easy to use. It is also free software, with contributions being made by programmers from around the world.

      Master Sites: ftp://ftp.windowmaker.info/pub/source/release/ ftp://ftp.goldweb.com.au/pub/WindowMaker/source/release/ ftp://ftp.kddlabs.co.jp/X11/window_managers/windowmaker/source/release/ ftp://ftp.ameth.org/pub/mirrors/ftp.windowmaker.org/source/release/ ftp://ftp.minet.net/pub/windowmaker/source/release/ ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/hci/windowmaker/source/release/ ftp://ftp.dti.ad.jp/pub/X/WindowMaker/source/release/ ftp://ftp.chg.ru/pub/X11/windowmanagers/windowmaker/source/release/

      distname WindowMaker-${version}
      Checksums: md5 aaac5421b686ed2d3e6ab65229c98097
      use_bzip2 yes
      universal_variant no
      destroot.violate_mtree yes

      depends_lib port:xorg-libsm port:xorg-libXext port:Xft2 port:xpm port:libpng port:gettext path:include/gif_lib.h:giflib port:tiff

      post-patch {
      set fl [glob -directory ${worksrcpath} WindowMaker/*menu*]
      lappend fl ${worksrcpath}/WindowMaker/Defaults/WindowMaker.in ${worksrcpath}/WPrefs.app/Menu.c ${worksrcpath}/WPrefs.app/Paths.c
      foreach i $fl {
      reinplace "s|/usr/X11R6/share|${prefix}/share|g" $i
      reinplace "s|/usr/share|${prefix}/share|g" $i
      reinplace "s|/usr/local/share|${prefix}/share|g" $i
      reinplace "s|/opt/share|${prefix}/share|g" $i
      reinplace "s|/opt/kde2/share|${prefix}/share|g" $i
      }
      }

      configure.env LINGUAS="bg cs da de el es et fi fr gl hr hu it ja ko ms nl no pl pt ro ru sk sv tr zh_CN" LIBS="-L${prefix}/lib -lintl -lX11"
      configure.args --disable-debug --enable-gnome --mandir=${prefix}/share/man --with-nlsdir=${prefix}/share/locale --with-gnustepdir=${prefix}/GNUstep/Local

      Variant: candy description "Enable various eye-candy options" {
      post-configure {
      reinplace "s|undef OPTIMIZE_SHAPE|define OPTIMIZE_SHAPE|" ${worksrcpath}/src/wconfig.h
      reinplace "s|undef ICON_KABOOM_EXTRA|define ICON_KABOOM_EXTRA|" ${worksrcpath}/src/wconfig.h
      reinplace "s|undef WINDOW_BIRTH_ZOOM2|define WINDOW_BIRTH_ZOOM2|" ${worksrcpath}/src/wconfig.h
      }
      }

      platform darwin i386 {
      post-patch {
      reinplace "s|#define ASM_X86 1||g" ${worksrcpath}/configure
      reinplace "s|#define ASM_X86_MMX 1||g" ${worksrcpath}/configure
      reinplace "s|asm_support=yes|asm_support=no|g" ${worksrcpath}/configure
      reinplace "s|mmx_support=yes|mmx_support=no|g" ${worksrcpath}/configure
      }
      }

    If you haven't already installed Darwin Ports, you can find easy instructions for doing so at the main Darwin Ports page.

    Once Darwin Ports has been installed, in a terminal window and while online, type the following and hit return:


      %  cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/windowmaker
      % sudo port install windowmaker
      Password:
    You will then be prompted for your root password, which you should enter. You may have to wait for a few minutes while the software is retrieved from the network and installed for you. Y ou should see something that looks similar to:

      ---> Fetching windowmaker
      ---> Verifying checksum for windowmaker
      ---> Extracting windowmaker
      ---> Configuring windowmaker
      ---> Building windowmaker with target all
      ---> Staging windowmaker into destroot
      ---> Installing windowmaker
    - Make sure that you do not close the terminal window while Darwin Ports is working. Once the software has been installed, you can find further information about using windowmaker with these commands:
      %  man windowmaker
      % apropos windowmaker
      % which windowmaker
      % locate windowmaker

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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