From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Jun 7 17:50:38 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from smtp02.mrf.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.mrf.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.61]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2328937B5AE for ; Wed, 7 Jun 2000 17:50:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from goldtech@worldpost.com) Received: from 209-122-225-9.s9.tnt1.nyw.ny.dialup.rcn.com ([209.122.225.9] helo=beefstew) by smtp02.mrf.mail.rcn.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #3) id 12zqWo-0000LH-00; Wed, 7 Jun 2000 20:50:35 -0400 Message-ID: <000e01bfd0e3$accef0a0$09e17ad1@beefstew> From: "leegold" To: "David Johnson" Cc: References: <000d01bfd0dc$1dbe8170$09e17ad1@beefstew> <393EE8C4.2ABC5FCC@acuson.com> Subject: Re: windowmaker Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 20:51:25 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org .....> > No, there isn't a lot of documentation on WindowMaker. You can find a > lot of info on the www.windowmaker.org page, and they do have a > relatively complete manual- for version 0.18! A lot of stuff has changed > since then, but the UI is still the same. yes, but the manual is in .ps format - i can't deal w/that format. pdf of html would be more accesable for me. why'd they do that? - there's an html doc in work though. now i gotta join the WM list and start to spray questions all over the place. > 99% of the configuration can be done in the WMPrefs utility, which is > that icon resembling the GNUstep logo set in a green grid. elaborate please, i have been playing w/xvidtune, but i need more...there's also a config file too of course. where's WMPrefs - is it one of those 3 icons by default on the upper right? played w/that. you into some straight 100 proof WM questions? I posted them on the WM mail list tonite. http://www.windowmaker.org/lists/wm-user/ . > Overall, I still like WindowMaker the best of all window managers. i'll keep at it then, but i was a little freaked by the lack of amazon.com like docs. for it. all the unix people are saying it's the best bet. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message