Re: Window managers

[Robert Soros <mozart windsor igs net>]

just to point out first, the rpms do not require Enlightenment, just add your favourite window manager into your .xinitrc and it'll do just fine.

I'm 65% done my gtk-gnome window manager .. *cough* ahem, i mean its a gtk/gnome theme for enlightenment :) Of course that means you'll need enlightenment :)



Thus spake Paul Warren (pdw@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk):

> There is one thing that really bugs me about gnome - the fact that it
> doesn't have its own window manager, by which I mean, there is no Window
> Manager with the gnome/gtk look and feel.
> 
> I use Window Maker, and I have tried E.  If I were a new user looking at
> gnome, I would want to know why I had two completely different
> look & feels on my desktop.  (eg. right click, then middle click in E -
> two completely different menu styles).
> 
> New users are not interested in the difference between a Window Manager
> and Gnome, and are not going to be grateful for the "choice".  I am not
> suggesting that Gnome should tie itself to a single window manager, but
> that there should be a "gwm" to fill a similar role as kwm does to kde.
> 
> So are there any plans to write such a window manager? I have been
> considering doing it myself, but I don't think my gtk knowledge is up to
> it.  gtkwm on www.gnome.org seems to be abandoned vapourware AFAICT.
> 
> On a related point, for a project that claims "No religion - pick any
> window manager", gnome appears to be becoming increasingly tied to
> Enlightenment.  I see that the RPMs now have E as a requirement.  I see
> this as a bad thing.  E is not a requirement of Gnome.  I shouldn't have
> to rpm --nodeps a standard Gnome installation should I?  E has some very
> strong opposition, certainly where I am.  I don't personally know anyone
> who likes it or finds in a usable wm. Clearly lots of people do, but it
> indicates that it is very important not to push people into using a single
> WM.
> 
> Any comments?
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
> 
> 
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