Michael Treibton wrote: > 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?
No, since years. but you can try Fvwm-Nightshade. Have a look on the development branch: https://github.com/Fvwm-Nightshade/Fvwm-Nightshade/tree/develop >>> - 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? you can use every scripting language in FVWM via PipeRead but Perl is best integrated. There's exist a lua module but haven't tested it: http://box-look.org/content/show.php/FvwmLua+0.4?content=127229 Also a Python library: http://barry.warsaw.us/software/fvwm.html >> 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? The most part I am missing is dynamic parts like growing FvwmButtons => add a button on the fly without restart the module. But most things can be made with FVWM. -- Thomas -- -- -- "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe." -- Albert Einstein
