From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 26 09:30:29 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA13518 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 26 Jan 1996 09:30:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.131.171]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA13511 for ; Fri, 26 Jan 1996 09:30:25 -0800 (PST) Received: by fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (5.57/Ultrix3.0-C) id AA23779; Fri, 26 Jan 96 11:29:28 -0600 Received: by emu.fsl.noaa.gov (1.38.193.4/SMI-4.1 (1.38.193.4)) id AA26027; Fri, 26 Jan 1996 10:29:27 -0700 Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 10:29:27 -0700 From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) Message-Id: <9601261729.AA26027@emu.fsl.noaa.gov> To: jfieber@indiana.edu Cc: kline@tera.com, binhdo@cs.ubc.ca, questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: (message from John Fieber on Fri, 26 Jan 1996 12:02:45 -0500 (EST)) Subject: Re: Where to get fvwm version 2? Thank you. Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> "John" == John Fieber 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