"Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>> I was trying to be polite in my responses (-: >> >> Do you mean that I haven't been polite so far? >> > > I meant I was refraining from using the word "bloat". Well, I did it for you ;-) But my statement is based on experiments and comments from users of small machines, it is not an assumption. > >> >>> There needs to be a distinction made between "I want all of the GNOME/KDE >>> apps >>> running" and "I want konqueror/koffice/whatever". The second item does not >>> require any real support from the wm. >> >> AFAIK, one can run a KDE or GNOME app without any support from the wm, >> am I wrong? >> > > It will mostly work. For instance with KDE apps if you try to print it tries > to place a panel applet controlling the print process. Since there is no > panel > running the window gets managed by the wm and looks odd. Minor issues. The > wm > may not support the exact decor the user is expecting due to the new hints in > the netwm spec for window type. Jesus! Not to have the wizzy icon with the picture of my dog on it in the top-left corner when I launch Kmahjongg in un-bea-ra-ble!! Seriously, I won't fight against anything that will be decided about this ;-) I just don't see any reason for it. Cheers, -- Jérôme Marant http://marant.org
