Re: fvwm: was i3 sticky/floating windows (brasero requires gvfs)
Charlie <ariestao@ipstarmail.com.au> writes:
>> On Sat, 27 Sep 2014 16:20:27 +0200 lee mentioned this:
>>
>> Please check out [1] --- let me know if it works for you and how you
>> like it.
>>
>>
>> [1]: https://github.com/lee-/fvwm
>
> Hello Lee,
>
> I've just had a cursory read and you have put a lot of effort
> into this. Thank you on behalf of those of us who will appreciate
> and use it.
You're very welcome. Parts were taken and more or less modified from
fvwm-crystal and other sources. At some point I was unhappy with
fvwm-crystal because I found it difficult to configure it the way I
wanted to. So I decided to make my own config from scratch, only using
what I wanted to have.
> I wanted to get the Debian Menu into the fvwm Root menu to get rid of
> the taskbar but have not found yet, how that can be done.
IIRC, fvwm-crystal does it. There are Debian scripts that create a
menu, and fvwm-crystal uses it. I'm not sure if that still works,
though. I have a computer at work with fvwm-crystal, and there isn't
really a Debian menu anymore. There has been some discussion if this
fvwm-Debian menu is still needed/wanted or not, so perhaps they dropped
it.
> But I will have a look at your fvwm2rc, as I'm into pretty plain no
> icons, pictures of anything fancy desktops.
Same here. Icons on the background are a stupid idea because they are
covered by windows all the time and thus inaccessible, and I don't have
use for that kind of clutter. X11 is more like a console for me, with
extended features as in that it can display graphical content. I
usually have all windows full screen, one per virtual desktop, and I
just leave the programs running.
In that regard, my config might basically give you exactly what you're
looking for. There aren't too many entries in the menus, only what I'm
actually using. I find that better than having to search through a huge
menu tree like the Debian menu.
However, adjusting the menus is really easy, so you can put everything
you want into them and structure them in whatever way you find useful.
> Thanks again for taking the time to do this.
I'm going to pull this config for the computer at work on Monday ---
fvwm-crystal drives me nuts ... :)
BTW, there's also fvwm-nightshade. It's really cool, only too
colourful/fancy for my taste. I think Debian should package it as an
alternative to fvwm-crystal ...
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