On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 06:35:31PM -0700, Predrag Punosevac wrote:
> Marco S Hyman wrote:
>> > CWM web site one needs to edit
>> > > ~/.calmwm
>>
>> Ignore the CWM web site. It is for a version of cwm that is far
>> different than that in the OpenBSD source tree. Anything you
>> read there is likely to lead to confusion.
>>
>> Example: ~/.calmwm is a *directory* typically containing symbolic links
>> to applictions that will be run. ~/.cwmrc is a file.
>>
>> > Even after the editing ~/.cwmrc I could not
>> > open the menu with the right button on the mouse which according
>> to > CWM web-site should list the applications.
>> > > That was on OpenBSD 4.2 release. I have not pursue the issue
>> seriously > as according to
>>
>> Uhhh, in 4.2 release .cwmrc didn't exist. It was added somewhat
>> recently, I think after 4.3.
>>
> You are right!!!
>
> quote from man pages:
>
> the *cwmrc* file format first appeared in OpenBSD 4.4.
Yes, and until it does everything in a nice way, it'll change a little.
The other choice is to not change it ever, no matter how wrong something
may be.
Before that it was what came with when we imported it, it was bad, it
wasn't even documented for months.
> You are right about CWM web-site. It is just confusing. My understanding is
> that CWM
> from the base at this point is really OpenBSD fork of CWM.
Correct. Marius doesn't maintain it anymore.
>Thanks for info
> regarding Xinerama. I was not aware of it because according to CWM web-site
> CWM doesn't support Xinerama.
It doesn't. It will. Xinerama is useful. Ditto EWMH.
Cheers,
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Just because everything is different doesn't mean anything has
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