Re: Metacity window manager
On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 21:55:50 -0700, Marc Wilson <msw@cox.net> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 05:00:34PM +0200, Andrei Badea wrote:
> > It is just my impression (and please correct me if I'm wrong) that there
> > are two definitions for window manager today:
>
> <deleted>
>
> There aren't. There's only one. A window manager manages windows. It may
> bring aditional eye-candy to the scene, but that's all it is.
>
> Oh, and fluxcrap is a single application, not a collection of them.
>
I don't think there is any way in metacity to launch apps though
(except by loading gnome-panel) which is something all aforementioned
window managers seem to have. I think most people expect at least this
functionality in a wm.
greets,
Wim
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