Right on Scotty.
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Scott Balneaves <sbaln...@legalaid.mb.ca>wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 12:34:47PM -0700, Vagrant Cascadian wrote:
> > and then there's firefox and a handful of other widely used applications
> (i
> > think gnome doesn't work so well) where that just plain doesn't work.
> yes,
> > that's not "how it should be" but that's the sad reality of many
> applications.
> >
> > i don't like it either.
>
> <grumpy old fart rant>
>
> When I first started getting involved with GNU/Linux and/or Unix in a
> desktop
> capacity (Late 80's/Early 90's) twm was the workhorse, and if you wanted
> bling, you went for fvwm2. It was a glorious time. Config files didn't
> change
> *unless you freaking well opened up your vi editor and edited them*. And
> if
> you were *smart*, you kept everything in rcs (before git, before bzr,
> before
> svn, and even before cvs, there was... rcs). In fact, you kept 2 copies:
> one
> that was heavily commented, your "testing" config, and one that had all the
> comments and blank lines removed so it loaded fast as lightning on your
> 386sx
> with 640meg hard disk.
>
> I had an fvwm2 desktop that gnome, kde, or *nuttin*'s been able to match
> for
> bling since, and I expect, ever.
>
> It was... perfect. Back when I used to *know* what my config was all
> about.
>
> Sigh... Still got my twm config files around here somewhere, if you
> want...
> I still use tin for news, and mutt for mail. If I could just break my web
> graphics habit, I could switch to lynx, and then not even bother to start X
> anymore...
>
> /shakes cane/ Durn you kids with yer fancy schmancy compositing window
> managers. One pixel borders ain't GOOD enough for yah, eh?
>
> Ah, well. Time and tide...
>
> </grumpy old fart rant>
>
> Cheers,
> Scott
>
> --
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> value
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