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Sindi Keesan wrote:
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> Were you able to select just some parts of xbin.tgz 

I'm using almost none of xbin.tgz

> the fonts in xvesa were not very readable 

So far, I've added three fonts.  Two fixed:  9x15 and 11x19.  
One proportional: helvetica-14

> xomething in xlib I needed to get Realplayer8 to install, 
> and xpm to get icewm to work 

So far, everything is running on just libX11 and libXpm.

> I discovered that I need libncurses.so.5 for several programs 
> - less,

I'm using a smaller/older version of less that does not require
libncurses.

> lynx, kermit, screen.   

Those three aren't in BL3.

> Will you be including it in the BL3-to-hard-disk setup?    

At this stage, the install-to-Linux-partition routine will
simply do a straight copy.  No automatic add-ons.

> I liked the extra package that you made for BL1 which 
> included various useful programs in it, obviating the 
> need to install several other packages from Slackware.  

Eventually, I might provide minimalistic packages, each
providing just one library or binary (without extras).

> The mail routine in BL2 is rather confusing, enough so that 
> I have actually given up using it.  I can never remember how 
> to compose an email.  What improvements are you considering?  

A point-and-click X application would be nice.  But so far
I haven't found anything light enough.

Cheers,
Steven