Re: FVWM: files on desktop

From: Dominik Vogt <fvwm_at_fvwm.org>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 10:41:26 +0100

On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 10:03:54AM +0100, Jules Alberts wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I went from gnome + sawfish to fvwm some time ago. I love the speed,
> versatility and the fact that I can set everything in just a few files
> (.Xinitrc, .xdefaults and .fvwm2rc).
>
> There is one thing I miss though: files on the desktop. In gnome when
> you use gmc or nautilus there is a directory called ~/.gnome-desktop
> (or something like that). Everyting in it is displayed on the desktop,
> which is IMO very convenient. I used to put softlinks to program
> sources and other stuff I'm working there.
>
> Is there a way to do this in fvwm without going back to the bloat &
> bugs of nautilus or gmc?

No, such features are not in the scope of a window manager.

> I'm running 2.4.14 on a redhat 7.3 box.

Bye

Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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Received on Mon Mar 10 2003 - 03:40:42 GMT

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