>> >Ok... so there are gnome and kde USE flags. The descriptions aren't too >> >informative... things like 'adds support for gnome'. Now as I >> understand >> >it XFCE is quite gnome like... should I then use the -gnome flag when >> >compiling X apps to use in XFCE? Or is using that flag only going to be >> >populating some directory only gnome uses? >> You want "-gnome" and "-kde", since you would never use those features. >> The >> "gnome" and "kde" add stuff like session management, which XFCE doesn't >> use. > FYI, XFCE4 has session management that is masked in portage, but works > perfectly here...
Hummm.... well I've just worked out I don't have XFCE4 (blush) I actually have XFCE3.... explains why I was having so many problems with the docs too ;) anyhow.... Session management? I'm not 100% what you mean in this context.... what 'session' is being managed in what way? Are we talking about the X session? As in the state of the session is managed so that I can shutdown, reboot and have the desktop back the way I left it? Do kde, gnome and xfce all do this differently? I personally thought that the kde and gnome flags would be used to install desktop icons n' stuff. Is it truly pointless using the gnome and kde flags unless you are running either the gnome or kde desktops? I would think that they were made into flags in the first place becuase several different window managers emulate both of them...... I'm still very fuzzy on all this... Nick -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
