webmacs needs a new maintainer

[parkouss]

hey there,

I am not anymore using webmacs since some time, and I won't be able to be the maintainer of webmacs.

If anyone is interested in being maintainer, please say it in a comment!

[jollm]

Hi,

I currently use webmacs as a primary browser and prior to that conkeror for several years. At present I have free time and wouldn't mind attempting this.

By the way, would you mind sharing which browser you are using now?

Thanks for all your work on webmacs!

[parkouss]

Hi,

Great news! Well I currently switched back to Firefox, and in combination with the stumpwm window manager it makes me happy - I use the mouse more than what I would like to, but it's still a pleasant experience. You can see my (quite basic) stumpwm configuration here: https://gitlab.com/parkouss/dotfiles/-/blob/master/stumpwm/.stumpwm.d/init.lisp

For the maintenance of this project, we can start by giving you access to the repository, how does that sound?

[shuwan4]

hey parkouss it is sad to see you have stopped development but I am glad you are moving it over to someone else. I am a novice when it comes to the project but I hope you can do well jane. I can also help in my free time also, it would be a cool way to learn python

[jollm]

That sounds fine! I will start reviewing and reading through everything tomorrow.

Stumpwm is a great project, it's made me happy as well :-)

@shuwan4 I will likely need help so please do keep in touch

[shuwan4]

@jane-lx will do I will be around to test or what ever, as I personally use nixos

[jagguli]

Sad to hear, I've tried stumpwm, its pretty cool and solid, but I find qtile more maintenable in the long run.
Please do continue to help with webmacs, its great stuff!

[jagguli]

Also does webmacs already unload unused buffers, because when I switch to older windows, the content is not already rendreded.

[jollm]

hi, i'm really sorry for the false hope

clearly i'm not the right person for this

Thanks so much for the project and i hope you find someone

[shuwan4]

@parkouss may I try my hand at this I am not the best but I do want to see this project continue

[HumHongeKamyaab]

Someone looking for webmacs alternative can look for,
https://github.com/manateelazycat/emacs-application-framework

It is in active development and has all the features of webmacs. Looks like they are trying to imitate webmacs.

[TLATER]

@HumHongeKamyaab imitate is going a bit far, it has a very different goal; integrating qt into Emacs just happens to give you a qt based browser as well.

But thanks for the note!

[parkouss]

Hey there, I'm back to use webmacs - and so to maintain it on my free time whenever possible. I just updated the code to make it work with current libraries (on archlinux), and added basic support for pass (passwordstore) so I can use it as my daily driver.

I won't be able to spend much time on it but let's see how it goes, I find it pretty complete for my needs already.