Zapper. Thank you for suggesting my software "JWM Kit" ( packaged as jwmkit ) for package-integration.
Yes, I am the author of JWM Kit, and I have communicated with Zapper before on another forum and on JWM Kit’s issue tracker. Unless this Zapper is an imposter
I’ve provided a working PKGBUILD example for JWM Kit on my sourceforge page. It should be a good start for anyone wishing to maintain the package. Take it and do as you wish with it.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/jwmkit … UILD/Arch/
I just want to make sure the information provided to the public about JWM Kit is correct. Allow me to clear up a few things by providing more detailed information. I guess some time has past since Zapper configured his system and does not remember things perfect. For instance JWM Kit’s logout prompt is over simplified and does not have this option. I’m sure he has confuse another solution he uses with JWM Kit.
The dependencies Zapper listed are Debian names. (which is how they are listed on the website.) For an arch system you need : "python" "alsa-utils" "python-gobject"
As Zapper said you could make alsa-utils optional, but you would not be able to use the volume icon. I’d advise against it, but then many people do use their own choice of volume icon. The nice thing about JWM Kit’s volume icon is it does not run in the background, it only works when it receive input (mouse action).
About the "weird mentions of dbus and other things" mentioned.
JWM Kit strives to provide freedom of choice. This means JWM Kit try not to force any unwanted dependencies or services on the user, but at the same time provides support them. JWM Kit does not depend on dbus, consolekit, elogind, SystemD but the features provided by these services are available for those who wish to use them.
The good news is configuring these settings is easy as the First Run tool can help the user configure JWM Kit on the initial install. @zapper this easy configuration option was introduced after you first installed JWM Kit.
As stated before I only wanted to make sure the info provided here was correct. I also find it odd that with all the many things this software can do you’d mention the features of the logout prompt. Different strokes for different folks.
Sorry for the long message