>-----Original Message----- >From: Nick Fisher > >> FYI, XFCE4 has session management that is masked in portage, but works >> perfectly here... > >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?
Exactly. >Do kde, gnome and xfce all do this differently? You are getting into a fuzzy are of my knowledge, but here goes. Any X window manager can remember window size and position. In this way, kde, gnome, and xfce would be the same. Other session information, like what files you have open, what web pages you have open (in case of a browser), and etc. (app dependant sorta stuff) is specific to kde, gnome, and possible xfce. I kinda doubt that XFCE will have more than window size & position management, but I don't know. I hope somebody more knowledgable than me will correct me. >I personally thought that the kde and gnome flags would be used to install >desktop icons n' stuff. I assume gnome and kde flags install this kinda of stuff, as well as the session management. Probably menu placement as well. >Is it truly pointless using the gnome and kde flags unless you are running either the gnome or kde desktops? I would assume so. But once again I hope someone more knowledgable than me will correct me. >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... -Nathan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
