Re: FVWM: IconStyle? / Wharf

From: Allen Brady Montz <bradym_at_cs.arizona.edu>
Date: 27 Feb 1997 09:05:45 -0700

"Ives Aerts" <ives_at_sonytel.be> writes:

> I've been using fvwm on my SGI for two weeks now and I like it alot. I
> have a couple of questions which I hope you folks can help me with:
>
> *) I had a very hard time deciding between Afterstep and Fvwm. Finally
> I decided to go for Fvwm's functional superiority and try to get it
> to look at least as good as Afterstep. One thing I'm missing though
> is wharf. I know there's FvwmButtons but it's not quite the same.
> Is there any mdule for Fvwm that resembles wharf more?
>
> *) I made myself a nice decor that uses VGradient for the titlebar. I
> would like to do the same for the small block of text below the
> icons and maybe also for menus, but it doesn't seem to be possible,
> or is it? If not, why? Since the rendering code is already there for
> titlebars, I guess it wouldn't take much code to allow the same for
> other parts.

There has been some private discussion between me and Andrew Veliath on
this. It would be a logical addition. I'd like to see a library where modules
can use that code as well (mmm, gradients in my FvwmButtons). It's not a small
job though.

>
> Cheers,
> -Ives

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Received on Thu Feb 27 1997 - 10:06:12 GMT

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