Josh Triplett <[email protected]> writes: > On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 12:57:04PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: >> Josh Triplett <[email protected]> writes:
>>> Based on some conversations on #debian-devel on the purpose of >>> x-window-manager (as launched by >>> /etc/X11/Xsession.d/50x11-common_determine-startup), it seems like a >>> window manager that just manages windows, and expects a separately >>> launched menu/taskbar program or desktop environment to provide the >>> ability for the user to launch programs or otherwise do anything >>> useful, shouldn't register an x-window-manager alternative at all. >>> Otherwise, the user might end up staring at a desktop they can't >>> interact with at all. >> Er, this seems to imply that twm shouldn't register as >> x-window-manager, which sounds wrong and isn't how Debian has ever >> worked. Or am I misunderstanding what you mean by "just manages >> windows"? > twm has a menu to launch additional applications; left-click on the > desktop. So, it should continue registering an x-window-manager > alternative. > I'm talking about window managers like metacity or mutter, which without > an associated desktop environment provide no way to launch applications > or even exit. Oh, okay, I see. Yeah, that seems sensible. -- Russ Allbery ([email protected]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
