Re: FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2012-01-28 Thread pebcak
Yes Thomas, Thomas Funk worked at this. I did some minor stuff, when I had time. But I'm off to the sea for a week... will send you Thomas' effort tough. Cheers, Christine On 01/21/2012 10:02 PM, Thomas Adam wrote: On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 12:27:51PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: Hi all,

Re: FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2012-01-21 Thread Thomas Adam
On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 12:27:51PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: Hi all, This intended to be something fairly long-running, and I personally don't wish to make the UI decisions myself, although I will keep a very close eye on the FVWM-specific aspects of a proposed config to make sure it's done

Re: FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2012-01-21 Thread Dan Espen
Thomas Adam tho...@fvwm.org writes: On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 12:27:51PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: Hi all, This intended to be something fairly long-running, and I personally don't wish to make the UI decisions myself, although I will keep a very close eye on the FVWM-specific aspects of a

Re: FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2012-01-21 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 12:27:51PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: Hi all, This intended to be something fairly long-running, and I personally don't wish to make the UI decisions myself, although I will keep a very close eye on the FVWM-specific aspects of a proposed config to

Re: FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2012-01-21 Thread elliot s
I think, because of this, a default configuration is not that important. I think, a better idea could be to leave the default config as minimal as it is, and instead of changing the default config, better invest some time into an idea of offering some example configurations for new FVWM

Re: FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2012-01-21 Thread Dan Espen
Michael Großer michael.gros...@gmx.de writes: Thomas Adam wrote: On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 12:27:51PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: Hi all, I think, because of this, a default configuration is not that important. I think, a better idea could be to leave the default config as minimal as it is,

Re: FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2012-01-21 Thread Thomas Adam
On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 02:36:38AM +0100, Michael Großer wrote: I think, because of this, a default configuration is not that important. I think, a better idea could be to leave the default config as minimal as it is, and instead of changing the default config, better invest some time into an

Re: FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2012-01-21 Thread Thomas Adam
On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 05:07:07PM -0500, Dan Espen wrote: Thomas Adam tho...@fvwm.org writes: On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 12:27:51PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: Hi all, This intended to be something fairly long-running, and I personally don't wish to make the UI decisions myself, although

Re: FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2011-04-26 Thread Roman
First of all, sorry if I got some mailing list things wrong. Being aware of fvwm IRC FAQ I would still mention I'm pretty much noob and Nth generation Linux and fvwm user, so what I say might seem strange. To my mind what a default config should be like depends mostly on what the developers

Re: FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2011-04-26 Thread Thomas Adam
On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 02:24:53AM +0400, Roman wrote: To my mind what a default config should be like depends mostly on what the developers would like to achieve. Would you like the userbase to be small and somewhat elitist, or would you like to make fvwm more popular and tolerate (clueless)

Re: FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2011-04-26 Thread Roman
On 04/27/2011 02:46 AM, Thomas Adam wrote:- pixmap window decorations looking rather minimalist but fresh This is tenuous, because there's absolutely *no* requirement that FVWM is compiled against XPM support, or PNG, or SVG support. So, stick to vector buttons, please. I do not want to make

Re: FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2011-04-26 Thread Thomas Adam
On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 02:51:07AM +0400, Roman wrote: On 04/27/2011 02:46 AM, Thomas Adam wrote:- pixmap window decorations looking rather minimalist but fresh This is tenuous, because there's absolutely *no* requirement that FVWM is compiled against XPM support, or PNG, or SVG support. So,

FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2011-04-18 Thread Thomas Adam
Hi all, This intended to be something fairly long-running, and I personally don't wish to make the UI decisions myself, although I will keep a very close eye on the FVWM-specific aspects of a proposed config to make sure it's done right. What do I mean when I say right? Well, for far too long

Re: FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2011-04-18 Thread Thomas Adam
On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 08:53:58AM -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: No don't do it! Pretty soon you'll be caught up in the whole newer is better philosophy that KDE and GNOME are trapped in and no one on the planet will have any idea how to use fvwm because it keeps moving everything around and