Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 10:29:27 -0700 From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) To: jfieber@indiana.edu Cc: kline@tera.com, binhdo@cs.ubc.ca, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where to get fvwm version 2? Thank you. Message-ID: <9601261729.AA26027@emu.fsl.noaa.gov> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960126115345.1131E-100000@fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu> (message from John Fieber on Fri, 26 Jan 1996 12:02:45 -0500 (EST))
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>>>>> "John" == John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> writes:
>> This spacial model is so intuitive, it hurts!
John> Ouch! It annoys the hell out of me so I turn it off.
Told'ya it hurts ... but I'm a masochist. :-)
John> One thing ctwm has going for it is the ability to have a
John> window appear in multiple workspaces (like VUE that inspired
John> it). Unless I missed something, fvwm only allows a single
John> worspace or all workspaces (sticky).
I think you're right ... it's just that I didn't like the workspace
idea to begin with, so a sticky window on the virtual desktop view
works just fine for me (I use a fvwm 3x2 desktop, single workspace).
John> Oh, and ctwm can manage non-root windows. This allows you
John> to run a test copy in a window to play with configurations,
John> while another window manager (or a stable ctwm
John> configuration) manages everything outside. Not in the
John> killer-feature class, but nifty regardless.
True. And then there's the Xnest server ...
--
Sean Kelly
NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory, Boulder Colorado USA
Sometimes I think the world has gone completely mad. And then I think, "Aw,
who cares?" And then I think, "Hey, what's for supper?"
-- Deep Thoughts, by Jack Handey
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