Re: FVWM: Some suggestions -a rant

From: Dominik Vogt <fvwm_at_fvwm.org>
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 16:44:41 +0100

On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 10:23:50AM -0500, coerver wrote:
>
>
> rant:
>
> I have been using fvwm(2) for awhile < 2.0 and think its the
> cat's meow. I recently joined the mailing list and several times I have
> wanted to address the "default" look and feel. I recently installed
> the latest stable fvwm2 on a solaris2.7 box at work and had to spend a
> good deal of time getting the conifguration to look good. The man pages
> are truly a(maze)ing ___but___ it takes time and how much time _do_ you
> _really_ want to spend configuring your window manager? I am the first to
> admit there are many things I don't understand about fvwm but I don't
> care.. I just use it and like it. The default pager could look alot
> better, the mwm-ishness could be minimized a bit etc.. etc.
>
> my point: fvwm2 could
> have a nicer default look I think...

Yes, definitely - you are telling us no news. I think it's one of
fvwm's major flaws. Fortunately, there is the fvwm-themes package
nowadays, but we should do a better job of advertising it.

> don't get me wrong.. the web site is nice, the list is great fvwm2 is the
> perfect wm... etc
> but the discussion to make default config prettier is justified and should
> continue.. sorry for the rant next time I include some concrete
> suggestions

Bye

Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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Received on Fri Jan 17 2003 - 09:44:42 GMT

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