Fecha: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:36:34 +0200 Desde: Jesús Guerrero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: Re: FVWM: Beginners-Infos /Example-Files(simple,please) ?
El Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:23:29 -0400 (EDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: > From my experience with users new to FVWM, there's no easy way for > them to create a config that is usable and looks good. They don't > spend the time needed and therefore get a bad taste in their mouth > and don't return. Well, as I see it, FVWM is about all being configurable, If you put a default configuration, it is unavoidable that people that do not know about FVWM associates that image to FVWM. That can mislead people making them think that FVWM is a fluxbox or waimea fork, does it sound ridicule? Maybe, but I bet that I am not completely wrong. That is the way things work. I know FVWM since many years ago, but when I used it for first time at my uni, I just saw a windows95 clone, and that kept me from trying it again until on a personal machine, cause I was a newcomer, and I had no idea what FVWM was, I just saw that, and for me, FVWM was that. > Is there anything that can help them? Are there plans to create some > tools to assist users in setting up a desktop how they want without > them getting into the weeds? > -- > There is no need to read all the man pages, they don't even need to read anything, just use fvwm-themes, fvwm-crystal, or go here and download a crapton of premade themes, and test them: http://fvwm.lair.be/viewforum.php?f=39&sid=4bdfcfd4198283ca8346aa389865c222 The only things I would do to the default config is: a. Maybe add a couple of things to the menu (a help option for example, so people can press it and a term with some info telling you that fvwm is not just a grey screen and that can be configured.... blah blah, go to http://.... to see some examples....) b. Use a solid color for the background, I don't know who was the smartass that decided that that grey background was a good idea. It hurts on the eyes. Any solid color (preferably not too bright) would do better. -- Jesús Guerrero
