ah, so it's not just me. i thought maybe i was going nuts....
i spent a few hours yesterday playing with linux again to see what i could do (i got
disgusted after windoze took a dive on me). at the moment i am using Enlightenment as
it's work spaces allow a window to overlap, so if it's off the current work space, i
can just bounce over to another one by moving the mouse. this is a really great
feature which doesn't seem to exist with the other window managers -- or if it does, i
simply don't know how to configure them to make this happen. now if i could just get
the pop up menus to sit still, i'd be pretty happy with this window manager. the pop
ups are tiny & jump all over the darn place. there was another window manager (i done
forgot which one) that had wonderful pop ups that stay open and right where you leave
'em....
this is good stuff, but it's making me use my brain.... i hate that
Adrian Smith
'de telepone dude
Telecom Dept.
x 7042
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> Digital Wokan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 3:01:41 PM 7/3/00 >>>
I noticed that, too. I think it has to do with the Sawmill/Sawfish WM.
If there's a way of disabling/removing it to restore the alt-drag way of
moving windows, that would probably solve your problem.
Adrian Smith wrote:
>
> okie dokie, now that i know the correct way to post to the list... thanks David for
>pointing out that it's Newbie... and not newbie.... by the way, am i the only
>one alive who thinks that computers, files, URLs etc should not be case sensitive?
>do things really have to be made as difficult as possible?
>
> just so ya know where i'm at in the linux world - i've used apples (still have my
>apple IIc) macs, PCs under dos & windoze. mastered all of them. done some very
>basic programing (BASIC and assembly). installed & configured many dos/windoze
>systems - so i know my way 'round computers more or less. never used unix or linux
>before however - so i'm having to learn this new language from the bottom up.
>
> ok, but now my first real question....
>
> background - my box is one of the cheaper (read junk) compaq models - it's at home,
>i'm at work, don't have the specs with me. anyhow, i installed mandrake 7.0 and
>played with it a bit. since my video card adhears to the lowest standards i can only
>get 640 X 480, or so it seems - i tried out some attempts at 800 X 600 in linux, none
>of them worked (nor can i get 8x6 in windoze) so it looks like i'm stuck. some of
>the linux programs open up in screens larger than my screen resolution. it seems
>that a linux window can only be resized with the lower right corner?? well in 7.0
>there was some key/mouse combo that would let you grab a window at any place and move
>it around. so at least i could work around it.
>
> got my 7.1 disk and installed the new flavor. same problem - only now the key/mouse
>combo doesn't work. or else i can't remember it - tho i tried every possible
>combination that seemed obvious. since the bottom of the window is often off the
>screen, i can't resize it.
>
> so question must be this.... if i want to use linux am i going to have to get a
>video card that does 800x600, and will linux be able to find & use that one instead
>of the one on the motherboard without causing problems?
>
> thanks much...
> expect to see a whole lot more of me....
>
> Adrian Smith
> 'de telepone dude
> Telecom Dept.
> x 7042
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
