Christian Garbs wrote: > On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 02:39:47PM +0100, Anselm R. Garbe wrote: > > > I don't want to get into flamewars, but my main intention is > > that I want a usable live system. > > Can a useable live system work with dwm? > > dwm is configured at source level, which would mean you have to boot > up the live system and then configure and compile your window manager > before you start. > > Or you would have to configure dwm your way and create a > "personalized" live system image after that.
IMHO, neither of those solutions are very desirable. When dwm was first written, I argued (unsuccessfully) that it should include a simple config file parser. Today, I use dwm all the time and like it very much, but I still think a config parser would be a worthwhile addition. I don't change my configuration very often, so the extra compile step is not a big deal to me. But it would be nice to be able to get dwm as a regular package from my distribution, and it would be especially nice to be able to run it from a standard live CD. Yes, it would somewhat increase the number of stupid questions. But, with increased poularity would come more leverage to get non-compliant apps fixed. Isn't that a reasonable trade? Doug.
