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On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 09:30:49AM +1000, John H. Moe wrote: |
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> Lars Gustäbel wrote: |
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> <pre wrap="">On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 03:40:56PM +0200, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:meino.cramer@×××.de">meino.cramer@×××.de</a> wrote: |
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> <blockquote type="cite"> |
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> <pre wrap=""> I would like to hear from others what experiences they made with |
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> what windowmanagers. |
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> <pre wrap=""><!----> |
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> Hi! |
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> I've been using fvwm2 (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://fvwm.org">http://fvwm.org</a>) for years now and am quite happy with |
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> it. Although it may look old and strange at first (the default settings are |
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> rather horrible IIRC), it is possible to configure every tiny detail of it |
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> using config files. I am still sometimes amazed of what you can do with it. |
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> The fvwm manpage has everything you need to know. |
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> The complexity is also its main drawback: it took me several weeks to have |
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> it the way I wanted it. fvwm is indeed rather complicated at first but that's |
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> why it's so powerful. It is really flexible and you can still use all the |
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> little gui tools out there from other window managers. One cool feature of fvwm |
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> is that you can assign different window styles based on the application, e.g. I |
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> have a graphical system monitor on my third desktop, that is started when I log |
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> in via .xinitrc and always stays on bottom, never gets the focus and does not |
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> appear in the window list or on the task bar, so it does not interfere with the |
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> rest of the system at all. |
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> Before using fvwm2 I used KDE which had too much stuff I didn't really need. |
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> (However, I am still using the KDE kicker panel with fvwm, which I think is |
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> quite funny.) When I looked for a new window manager I tried fluxbox for a few |
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> days, but it did not convince me. Then I tried fvwm and stayed with it. |
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> Regards, |
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> </pre> |
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> </blockquote> |
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> Vote #2 for FVWM.<br> |
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> <ul> |
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> <li>It does nothing (or at least, an absolute minimum) by default</li> |
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> <li>you can configure it to be just about whatever you want</li> |
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> <li>man pages explicitly say it can be used mouse-less, and I'm like |
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> you: I grew up with old, command-line systems and am still more |
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> comfortable with that :-P so I've configured most mouse bindings to |
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> keys as well</li> |
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> <li>Support for extras via FVWM Modules, so that the core system |
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> itself stays small. If you want to add a desktop pager, add the |
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> FVWMPager module. If you want a taskbar, add the FVWMTaskBar module. |
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> Even a popup banner at startup with FVWMBanner, if you're in to that |
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> sort of thing.. :-P</li> |
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> <li>However, as previous poster pointed out, all this configurability |
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> is also a bit of a drawback, in that there are a LOT of configuration |
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> items to trawl through to find what you want. But most things I've |
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> wanted to do I've been able to find an example of on the FVWM forums, |
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> which are quite helpful.<br> |
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> </li> |
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> <li>From what I've read, you can also use FVWM-Themes to try and get |
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> a jump start with some possible configs, but I've never used them, so I |
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> can't comment on their worth or helpfulness<br> |
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> </li> |
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> </ul> |
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> HTH<br> |
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> <br> |
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> John Moe<br> |
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Jake Todd |
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