On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 12:03:05AM +1030, Alex Wallis wrote:
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> However, many fvwm users will tell you they use fvwm because it's
> simple, yet powerful. It has built-in sensible defaults so that minimal
> configuration is required. I would estimate a large percentage of fvwm
> users have .fvwm2rc configuration files of less than 100 lines. And it
> is the fear of complexity that prevents many from even taking
> fvwm-themes for a test drive.
I agree that fvwm-themes will only grow to it's full power, only if enough
users will experiment and work on it.
And I'm a bit afraid most fvwm users like it's versatility, speed, low
memory footprint, and not caring about the visual details. I'm might be
wrong, but this is how I use fvwm. I don't own a fast PC, so I prefer to
keep resources free for the applications I really need.
I tried several WM's in the past, including Enlightenment, KDE, Windowmaker,
twm, Afterstep. Each one had something good, but fvwm is just the best for
me. The theme code might be really advanced, but I admit I never looked at
because lack of interest. And the fvwm core is so configurable, I don't
think I even use half of the features.
On of the most important tools to attract more themes and users is a simple
graphical configuration utility. But I don't see how that tool can be simple
*and* as powerfull as the plain config files. Simple vs complete, that's a
big problem IMHO.
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Received on Sun Feb 25 2001 - 10:41:42 GMT