Re: FVWM: leapfrog

From: Thomas Adam <thomas_at_edulinux.homeunix.org>
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 11:34:39 +0000

On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 04:55:53PM +0930, damon wrote:
> Why doesn't fvwm get with the times? It's a great window manager, no
> doubt, i've used it for years now, but I want more, and not measly
> fixes and patches. The project is moving inescapably into its'

What do you mean? These "patches" are not measly in anyway. How else is
a project supposed to develop without them?

> irrelevant eventuality. The problem with much software development is
> people see the stars and go for it, forgetting the steps in between.
> In fvwm there is an opportunity to leapfrog other window managers and
> embrace the 3D desktop, but only by leveraging the window commands
> that it exposes. Not the current theatrics of 3D, simply windows
> enabled in the 3rd dimension through its exposed command set.

This is something which *might* happen in the future, but it depends on
the attitude of the developers (as to whether it is appropriate), and
indeed whether the users want it.

If you're that hell-bent on 3D stuff, have a look at metisse[1] which is
based on Fvwm, and uses some of the features you're so desperate in
getting fvwm to support.

-- Thomas Adam

[1] http://insitu.lri.fr/~chapuis/metisse/

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