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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