OK, again thanks ! J...
On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 8:22 AM, David Chisnall <[email protected]> wrote: > On 5 Jul 2016, at 13:09, James Pannozzi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Aha ! The voice of experience ! > > > > (caution, next line not a gnustep question) > > How do I get XFCE on there ? Do I just type in pkg install XFCE ...or > is there more to it than that ? (!!) > > I think the metapackage is called xfce4 (pkg ins xfce4). How you start > using it depends on whether you’re using xdm, gdm, or something else. > That’s more of a PC-BSD-specific question, but I think there’s something on > their forum about how to do it. > > David > > > > > Again, thanks. > > > > J. > > > > On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 4:24 AM, David Chisnall <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On 5 Jul 2016, at 06:22, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > OK, that worked and I can compile GNUStep apps now - BUT...the apps > don't have a menu bar on top of them !! What have I forgotten to install ? > > > > That’s normal for GNUstep. The default menu style is NeXT-like. If you > want in-window menu bars, then you should run: > > > > $ defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSMenuInterfaceStyle > NSWindows95InterfaceStyle > > > > > > > > This is on PC-BSD 11.0 CURRENT, which, I know, is not a release > version. > > > > > > I'll check the libraries and try to figure it out. Right now, for > example the GoMoku program or GPuzzle, the windows are stuck in the upper > left corner of my desktop with no way to move them ! Maybe something I > need to fix in Resources ? > > > > This sounds like a problem interacting with the window manager. With > most window managers you can hold alt and drag a window if it appears off > the screen. I’ve had issues with Lumina (the PC-BSD DE) with a number of > apps (in particular, it doesn’t tell apps that it’s using the top bit of > the screen for its own launcher, so you end up with the title bar hidden) > so I tend to use XFCE on FreeBSD. > > > > David > > > > > >
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