Re: enlightenement and windowmaker support

["James M. Cape" <jcape jcinteractive com>]

mark@hoist.nlcomm.com wrote:
> 
>    > using gnomeish resources, etc.  Is windowmaker truly all that gnome
>    > aware?  If so, it seems that windowmaker does not really make
>    > considerations for the panel in its execution and use.
> 
>    I use wmaker and gnome and it's a rather pleasant combination. I do not
>    get any 'unwanted' icons like you describe. Make sure windowmaker was
>    compiled with gnome awareness (i think you have to do this with an
>    --enable-gnome switch or somesuch thing, it is in the docs). Also, I
>    recommend not to enter wmaker into .xinitrc, but instead to let
>    gnome-session start windowmaker.
> 
> Where do your appicons go?  Where is your panel?  I think it's
> redundant to use gnome's pager plus have those icons for each app
> that is running.  It is certainly annoying.
> 
> It would be nice to configure WindowMaker to ONLY have appicons for
> "withdrawn" apps (i.e. the ones that can be put onto the dock).
> 
> I wonder what it would take to have Gnome's panel use WindowMaker
> DockApps...
> 
>    Personally, I prefer Windowmaker's simplicity greatly over e, but that's
>    of course mho only.
> 
> E can be made very simple.  If only the Gnome "foot" menu could be run
> as a root menu instead of having to mouse down to the corner...
> 
> Mark

E can read the Gnome menu style, so it is a simple matter of copying
over PREFIX/enlightenment/config/menus.cfg to ~/.enligtenment/ and
editing it.

    Jim Cape
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