Re: FVWM: no borders for inactive windows

From: Klaus Umbach <Klaus.Umbach_at_doppelhertz.homelinux.org>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 00:30:34 +0200

On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 11:41:00PM +0200, martin sepulveda wrote:
> for many years i've used (and still use) borderless windows only.

well, borders for active windows are usefull to resize them manualy (if
usefull - normaly fvwm does that for me)

> some (terminals and such -- rxvt or dzt) have a titlebar, while

what is dzt?

> things like procmeter3 (several remote) and the like get moved around
> from the WindowOps menu.
> uglyness is in the eye of the beholder, and usability is on the hand
> of the user... and i hate getting a 3200x1200 display (xinerama) just

I don't like xinerama, because switching the pages switches them on all
screens, which I don't like. Dualhead is much cooler, I even can use
different windowmanagers if I want to. I don't need to move windows from
one screen to the other.

> to waste it on borders i don't need or like.
>
> m.
>
> On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 22:01:37 +0200
> Klaus Umbach <Klaus.Umbach_at_doppelhertz.homelinux.org> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 07:15:14PM +0000, Mikhael Goikhman wrote:
> > > On 30 Mar 2003 20:42:20 +0200, Klaus Umbach wrote:
> > > >
> > > > My problem today is, that I want no borders for the inactive windows to
> > > > save more space on my desktop.
> > >
> > > I think windows without any border look ugly, but it is up to you.
> > >
> > I don't think it's ugly, you can look at a screenshot:
> > http://doppelhertz.homelinux.org/screenshot.jpg
> > Unfortunately you cannot see my transparent, colored and animated
> > mousecursor (xfree4.3) :-)
>
> <...>

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