Re: FVWM: migrating to Gnome 2.2 (Debian woody backport) but keeping FVWM (2.4.6)
On 2003-09-07 23:30:55, Mikhael Goikhman wrote: On 07 Sep 2003 14:33:24 -0400, Daniel B. wrote: I suggest you use fvwm-2.5.7 or, better, a recent snapshot. Why? Does it have improved support for Gnome? Yes, much improved. Not just GNOME; KDE too. Regards, Mikhael. Hello Mikhael, I have never used GNOME or KDE, because I need my resources otherwise... So my Question: What are the improvements for GNOME and KDE ? I do not need stuff like this. Are there compile-options to leave it out ? Thanks Michelle -- Registered Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org. -- Visit the official FVWM web page at URL: http://www.fvwm.org/. To unsubscribe from the list, send unsubscribe fvwm in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FVWM: migrating to Gnome 2.2 (Debian woody backport) but keeping FVWM (2.4.6)
On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 11:30:55PM +0300, Mikhael Goikhman wrote: On 07 Sep 2003 14:33:24 -0400, Daniel B. wrote: Olivier Chapuis wrote: I suggest you use fvwm-2.5.7 or, better, a recent snapshot. Why? Does it have improved support for Gnome? Yes, much improved. Not just GNOME; KDE too. Would there be any objection to me providing an fvwm-cvs package for Gentoo linux users? I already maintain ebuilds (basically bash scripts used to manage installation [1]) for the stable and development releases, but so much happens between releases it would be nice for those that are interested to be able follow development. A live-cvs package literally checks out the source from cvs, and installs it distinctly from the non-cvs package, so both can be installed simultaneously. some projects have objected in the past, on the basis that they dont want to provide support to people who are using cvs builds, and some projects have welcomed it (eg kde, a few developers were so impressed with the feature they even switched to gentoo). [1] For example, http://dev.gentoo.org/~taviso/fvwm-2.5.7-r2.ebuild -- - [EMAIL PROTECTED] | finger me for my gpg key. --- -- Visit the official FVWM web page at URL: http://www.fvwm.org/. To unsubscribe from the list, send unsubscribe fvwm in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FVWM: migrating to Gnome 2.2 (Debian woody backport) but keeping FVWM (2.4.6)
Tavis Ormandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 11:30:55PM +0300, Mikhael Goikhman wrote: On 07 Sep 2003 14:33:24 -0400, Daniel B. wrote: Olivier Chapuis wrote: I suggest you use fvwm-2.5.7 or, better, a recent snapshot. Why? Does it have improved support for Gnome? Yes, much improved. Not just GNOME; KDE too. Would there be any objection to me providing an fvwm-cvs package for Gentoo linux users? I already maintain ebuilds (basically bash scripts used to manage installation [1]) for the stable and development releases, but so much happens between releases it would be nice for those that are interested to be able follow development. A live-cvs package literally checks out the source from cvs, and installs it distinctly from the non-cvs package, so both can be installed simultaneously. some projects have objected in the past, on the basis that they dont want to provide support to people who are using cvs builds, and some projects have welcomed it (eg kde, a few developers were so impressed with the feature they even switched to gentoo). [1] For example, http://dev.gentoo.org/~taviso/fvwm-2.5.7-r2.ebuild No one here will object to supporting CVS builds. -- Dan Espen E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Visit the official FVWM web page at URL: http://www.fvwm.org/. To unsubscribe from the list, send unsubscribe fvwm in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FVWM: migrating to Gnome 2.2 (Debian woody backport) but keeping FVWM (2.4.6)
Olivier Chapuis wrote: On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 09:49:27PM -0400, Daniel B. wrote: Do any of you know what's needed to use FVWM 2.4.6 with Gnome 2.2? (I'm running the woody (stable) version of Debian GNU/Linux, with the Gnome 2.2 backport to woody.) I suggest you use fvwm-2.5.7 or, better, a recent snapshot. Why? Does it have improved support for Gnome? Daniel -- Daniel Barclay [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Visit the official FVWM web page at URL: http://www.fvwm.org/. To unsubscribe from the list, send unsubscribe fvwm in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FVWM: migrating to Gnome 2.2 (Debian woody backport) but keeping FVWM (2.4.6)
On 07 Sep 2003 14:33:24 -0400, Daniel B. wrote: Olivier Chapuis wrote: On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 09:49:27PM -0400, Daniel B. wrote: Do any of you know what's needed to use FVWM 2.4.6 with Gnome 2.2? (I'm running the woody (stable) version of Debian GNU/Linux, with the Gnome 2.2 backport to woody.) I suggest you use fvwm-2.5.7 or, better, a recent snapshot. Why? Does it have improved support for Gnome? Yes, much improved. Not just GNOME; KDE too. Regards, Mikhael. -- Visit the official FVWM web page at URL: http://www.fvwm.org/. To unsubscribe from the list, send unsubscribe fvwm in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FVWM: migrating to Gnome 2.2 (Debian woody backport) but keeping FVWM (2.4.6)
On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 09:49:27PM -0400, Daniel B. wrote: Do any of you know what's needed to use FVWM 2.4.6 with Gnome 2.2? (I'm running the woody (stable) version of Debian GNU/Linux, with the Gnome 2.2 backport to woody.) The initial problem I'm having is that something in Gnome, apparently the file manager, is creating a full-screen windows named Desktop; when I lower some other window, it disappears because it gets lowered to behind the Desktop window. Do I want to configure FVWM so the Desktop window is in a lower layer, or is there a more general solution? Are there more things I want to fix? I suggest you use fvwm-2.5.7 or, better, a recent snapshot. Olivier, Regards -- Visit the official FVWM web page at URL: http://www.fvwm.org/. To unsubscribe from the list, send unsubscribe fvwm in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FVWM: migrating to Gnome 2.2 (Debian woody backport) but keeping FVWM (2.4.6)
Do any of you know what's needed to use FVWM 2.4.6 with Gnome 2.2? (I'm running the woody (stable) version of Debian GNU/Linux, with the Gnome 2.2 backport to woody.) The initial problem I'm having is that something in Gnome, apparently the file manager, is creating a full-screen windows named Desktop; when I lower some other window, it disappears because it gets lowered to behind the Desktop window. Do I want to configure FVWM so the Desktop window is in a lower layer, or is there a more general solution? Are there more things I want to fix? Thanks, Daniel -- Daniel Barclay [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Visit the official FVWM web page at URL: http://www.fvwm.org/. To unsubscribe from the list, send unsubscribe fvwm in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
