On 3 September 2014 22:27, Dominik Vogt <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 03, 2014 at 10:01:37PM +0100, Michael Treibton wrote: >> Here's some of the things I'd like: >> >> - no more motif borders (horrible) > > With fvwm you can more or less configure every border style you > want. Have you tried the themes package? Theming could be better > integrated into the distribution, though.
fvwm-themes? Seems old and didn't work well for me last time. is it still developed? >> - fluxbox style window borders > > Borders in fluxbox are also very configurable. Do you have a > screenshot of what you mean? Here is one: http://files.samhart.net/img/misc/flux-tab-example.png - look at the bottom border. >> - diff. border colors for each side > > Can already be done with pixmap borders. but why must i make pixmaps for each color that i want? i have colorsets for this, don't i? > Could you please elaborate on what you think fvwm is missing in > terms of scripting flexibility? (Other than fvwm's scripting > language can be awkward - we're working on that.) That, and i don't like perl? Everything is using dedicating embedded things like lua from the outset, so why can't this wm? > Note that mvwm is not going to be a brand new window manager that > does everything from scratch. It will be a very much improved fvwm > with maybe a few antique things removed. Regarding window > handling and window decorations it won't change much for now. i think i understand that, yes. But i don't always see if this approach is good or not - why not write it from scratch? wasn't that the original intent? Michael
