Andrew Benton wrote these words on 12/06/05 18:38 CST: > Randy McMurchy wrote: >>I personally don't feel that adding individual package .desktop files >>for the GDM instructions (such as creating a .desktop file for Fluxbox) >>is appropriate in the GDM instructions. > > I agree. I do like the functionality the .desktop files add and I think > details about how to create them would be useful on the pages for the > particular packages (Fluxbox, Xfce). It just makes it nice and easy to switch > between them. Using ~/.xinitrc seems a bit clunky to me.
I added a note to the GDM instructions about creating additional .desktop Xsession files to create any other desired menu options. This should give readers at least an example (and the thought) to add additional items as they see fit. >>[snip my whining about GNOME being hard and time-consuming] > > I can imagine. It's a lot of work. I'd like to help. Okay then, in your opinion is it worth moving the book from 2.12.1 to 2.12.2? If so, let's go off-line and continue this discussion about how you can help out. I'm serious, I could use the help. Biggest thing is just ensuring everything builds according to the existing instructions, and it works as it's supposed to. Of course, if you have better installation methods for any/all of the packages, I'm all ears. :-) Bottom line is, Andy, you can have as much of the GNOME as you want to and have time for. Let me know. -- Randy rmlscsi: [GNU ld version 2.15.94.0.2 20041220] [gcc (GCC) 3.4.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.4] [Linux 2.6.10 i686] 05:29:01 up 73 days, 14:53, 3 users, load average: 0.57, 0.37, 0.51 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
