-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Pete French wrote: >> WindowMaker and GSWorkspace are good start, but I desktop goes a >> little bit further. > > One of the things which has begun to worry me recently is the fact that > WindowMaker seems to be becomming a bit of a dead end. It's our "official" > window manager isn't it ? Yet it still doesnt work right in 64 bit mode, > and the development lists seem very dead (aside from the recnt flurry of > people wanting to fork off something). > > > One upon a time I am sure there was a bundle someone made for GNUStep > which enabled any application to act as a window manager. It would be very > nice if such a thing could be incorporated into GSWorkspace so I > could have an entirely GNUStep system - and as a bonus it would quit > when GSWorkspace exitted just like nextStep used to. > > Is the bundle still around, and is this a practical thing to think > of doing ? > > -bat. [still unable to run entirely 64 bit due to Windowmaker] >
A new window manager needs to be written but then again its just a very big job. Im more inclined to simplify the desktop and build something that can evolve while still being useful in the immediate term. - -- things i hate about my linux pc: 1. it takes more than a second to boot up 2. keeps asking about filenames and directories 3. does not remember what i was working on yesterday 4. does not remember all changes i have ever made 5. cannot figure out necessary settings by itself -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE8kDgyihxuQOYt8wRAns/AJ9RY94ZB2Dt9itxAyiJQiSm+0uRfQCfT20Z C6eYOIVwYBNRgglxhGZuDK4= =l+wF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnustep mailing list Discuss-gnustep@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep
