Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 00:28:30 -0400 (EDT) From: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@area238.residence.gatech.edu> To: chuckr@Glue.umd.edu (Chuck Robey) Cc: FreeBSD-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fvwm 2 Message-ID: <199604290428.AAA09876@area238.residence.gatech.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960427185248.24691A-100000@professor.eng.umd.edu> from Chuck Robey at "Apr 27, 96 06:55:16 pm"
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> I am thinking that I want to give fvwm2 a try ... I'm a long term happy > user of fvwm 1.24, and I was wondering if anyone else who's made the move > would have any pointers on making it smooth? Do I just build fvwm2 in > ports and install? Or do I need to move anything out of the way first? I would suggest installing it somewhere other than the default (/usr/X11R6/bin) first, and see how you like it. There's a script that comes with it that will do a decent job of converting your fvwm 1 rc file to fvwm2 format. I think I changed the script a little, though. (I didn't like the spacing in new rc file.) I've been running fvwm 2 for a couple of months now, it isn't too bad. One thing I don't like is that there doesn't seem to be any way to make the menus *not* sticky. IIRC, fvwm 1.24 had non-sticky menus by default, and I think there was a way to make them sticky. In fvwm 2, the default seems to be sticky, and I haven't figured out how to make them un-sticky by default. (if anyone knows how to do this, let me know. Otherwise, into the source I go....:) ) > Thanks. BTW, I don't have any interest in emulating Windows, so I think > I'll give fvwm95 a pass. Heh. I checked it out, even freaked out a few friends of mine who thought I'd finally cracked and installed Win95...:) I prefer plain fvwm a little more, but I'm sure that really fits the bill for some folks. Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@area238.residence.gatech.edu Disclaimer: I don't speak for GTRI, GT, or Elvis.
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