[svlug] fvwm digest (was macdinking was Linuxizing Solaris)

[Felipe Leme]

yinternetplace.net wrote:
   > I disagree with the assertion that to insult an application is to
   > insult its' users.  Why do you believe that this is the way things
   > are?

Roland Krause wrote:
   > So, no, I did not intend to insult anyone, nor did I compare window
   > managers to "integrated desktop environments".

No pbm, I wasn't taking it personally. To be honest, I'm surprised with
the number of fvwm users out there. Until now I just knew 2 besides me.
Most of people I know use kde or cde (for laziness/ignorance :) or other 
fancy WMs (like windowmaker, enlightment, sawfish, etc...)


Rick Moen wrote:
   > I'm pretty sure that KDE merely _defaults_ to kwm, and that you can 
  > (in the strict sense) use any window manager whatsoever -- and can
   > use any

Maybe it allows it now, but I remember it didn't before (that's why I 
said 'as much as I know' :).

   > But I'm not the right person to speak to this, since I (likewise) only
   > install pieces like Konqueror.  Maybe, some day soon, Quanta Plus

I'm in the same boat: I use fvwm and a few kde applications, like
konqueror and kmail (I'm considering it, but not happy yet).If kde
supports all my fvwm customizations (mainly key-bindings), I don't see
why not use it at all (what is memory nowadays?). I'll try it someday...

Finally, I have a question for the other fvwm users. Sometimes, when
mozilla (only mozilla, not navigator or any other browser, and only when 
I am using fvwm or fvwm2) opens a popup window, that window does not 
have any button in the top side-bar, so I need to open a menu to close 
that annoy window. I thought it could be some error in my configuration 
file, but it happens even if I don't customize fvwm. I'm sending a test 
file and some png with the results I have, so you can test in your fvwm 
session. I have no idea about the reason, if that is a bug or a stupid 
"feature" of mozilla (something like mozilla asks the wm to not offer 
buttons to close the window, and fvwm "politelly" attends the request, 
while other wms not). Does it happens with someone else? Is it possible 
to revert the situation? It really sucks when you access pages that 
popup ads and you can't close then with one 1 mouse click...


Felipe




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