Re: fvwm95 gratuitously reconfigures system

[Kenneth MacDonald <kenny@ed.ac.uk>]

Chris Fearnley <cjf@netaxs.com> writes:

> 'Kenneth MacDonald wrote:'
> >
> >Thanks for your input on this topic.  I, personally think that fvwm95
> >should make itself the default window manager, since anyone (in my
> >expierence) who wants another window manager is already an experienced
> >unix user, and is happy to edit the /etc/X11/window-managers file.

> Perhaps each window manager could ask a question similar to
> mime-support's "priority" regarding which window manager one wants.  Of
> course, this question would only be asked once on initial install.

The new fvwm95 will be asking this question, but only whether it
should be default or not.  I don't understand why there should be
'priorities' of window manager beyond that.

> Does xbase support a mechanism like install-info or install-mime for
> adding a window manager to /etc/X11/window-managers?  Should it?

This is really a per user thing.  Window managers are perhaps as
fundamental to the way people work as editors, and we all know what
happens when we try to standardise on a default editor :)

How about the adduser script copying a .xsession file with a
customised window manager call in it to the user's home directory?
But then if the system admin is worried about users' configurations,
then dotfile is the program to use, I suppose.

Best wishes,

Kenny.