From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Dec 26 16:55:19 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from operamail.com (operamail.infinite.com [199.29.68.126]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9209B37B416 for ; Wed, 26 Dec 2001 16:55:15 -0800 (PST) X-WM-Posted-At: operamail.com; Wed, 26 Dec 01 19:55:11 -0500 X-WebMail-UserID: leegold Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 19:55:11 -0500 From: leegold To: Marcia Barrett Nice Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-EXP32-SerialNo: 00000000 Subject: RE: not happy w/any window managers Message-ID: <3C32C464@operamail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: InterChange (Hydra) SMTP v3.62 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I'm trying to avoid KDE/Gnome and just find a WM that can do resizing as described below. I'm too worried about it. If I was real worried about it I'd get an Apple w/os X. >===== Original Message From Marcia Barrett Nice ===== >Have you tried KDE2.x? I am running it and can resize windows as described. >Not that I'm pushing my preferred wm or anything... > >Marci > >On Wednesday 26 December 2001 04:49 pm, leegold wrote not happy w/any window >managers: >| I have been try many wm's and have not found one >| >| that let's me resize windows like MS win. >| ie. you position the point ANYwhere along a >| window's edge and the hand turns into a "double arrow" >| indicating you can reposition. If done at a corner you >| can change size of both x and y too. >| >| Anybody know which one can do this? >| >| It has been frustrating, many wm's default to >| an eye candy screen and have a skeevy/tricky feel >| There's nothing I would like more than a gui that >| would replace my win2k - I am trying. >| >| >| To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >| with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > >-- >So why, pray, sign anything as long as every word, letter, penstroke, >paperspace is a perfect signature of its own? >- James Joyce, Finnegans Wake > >_________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message