On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Wilbert Berendsen wrote:
> Today at 10:42pm, Brandon Robinette said:
>
> > I switched from Gnome to blackbox about a month ago and so far
> > everything is going great, except for the I miss my icons on the
> > desktop. I know if I run KDE (or something like that) with blackbox I
> > can get the icon support but i'd rather not go back to having 30% of
> > my RAM consumed by something like that.
>
> The non-existent icons are the main feature of blackbox ;-)
>
> > Does anyone know any solutions to the problem?
>
> In fact, gmc (gnome's file manager) cares about the icons. Blackbox
> currently not fully co-operates with those icons, but will in the near
> future, afaik. (New wm-spec).
>
> For now, switch to another wm ;-)
Another choice, although not quite as nice as a "normal icon" is to
detach the "Icon" (Root -> Workspace List -> Icons) menu list from the
root menu. It's also sticky between viewports. It holds the names of ALL
iconified windows (not just the current viewport), which is a feature or a
nuisance depending on how you look at it :-)
I find it very useful for keeping track of NEdit windows when coding.
If your after KDE/Windoze style icons it's not as useful, but it is an
alternative (and keeps in the tradition of bb's sleek, stripped down
style!).
Cya!
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