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

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