>>>>> "Kai" == Kai Grossjohann <grossjoh_at_charly.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> writes:
>>>>> On Mon, 25 Mar 1996 09:46:56 +0000, Michael Smith
>>>>> <mjs_at_cursci.co.uk> said:
Mike> Well, after years of devout ctwm-ism, I have decided the time has come
Mike> to change to fvwm,
Welcome aboard.
Kai> I have just done the same two weeks ago!
Mike> so I have gone and got myself a copy of 2.0.41 and installed
Mike> it on my linux box (1.3.77). First impressions are that it is
Mike> a much more powerful and flexible window manager than ctwm
That's what we're shooting for, while keeping fvwm as lightweight as
possible.
Kai> Hm. My opinion is that there are some things that ctwm does
Kai> better, and that there are some things that fvwm does better.
I would have to agree here.
Kai> I would estimate them to be on par, overall. Fvwm seems to see
Kai> active development, though, whereas ctwm kind of like stagnates,
Kai> so that might change.
I wouldn't say 'stagnates' but rather that ctwm is certainly more
stable than fvwm.
Mike> (though I don't find the FvwmWinList isn't quite as nice as
Mike> it's ctwm equivalent).
Kai> I use FvwmIconMan which does a creditable job of emulating the Icon
Kai> Manager of twm and friends.
FvwmIconMan will be included in the next release (2.0.42), available
later this week (hopefully).
Mike> I am having a few problems though, most noticably restarting
Mike> the window manager" doesn't work.
Kai> That's just a simple typo in the .fvwm2rc provided: Search for the
Kai> string "Restart fvwm" and replace it with "Restart fvwm2". This is
Kai> the one spot where the renaming didn't seem to work...
I'm taking care of this little problem for the next release too. The
included rc file should hopefully be improved a bit.
Mike> What I'm asking therefore is whether I should persevere with
Mike> the fvwm2 series or stick to 1 until it is stable.
That's completely up to you. The latest 2.xx should be good enough
for you to use every day without too many problems (I hope). I'm
trying to prep it for the first official release of the 2.xx series.
Kai> I'm happy with 2.
Glad to hear that.
Chuck
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