* Jon Dowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040729 18:49]:
>
> I always thought some kind of menu system was a requisite for a
> desktop environment until I started using ion.
You're part of the way there, but what you really need is ratpoison! :)
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On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 12:15:33 -0700, Marc Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 04:06:45PM +0200, Wim De Smet wrote:
> > I don't think there is any way in metacity to launch apps though
> > (except by loading gnome-panel) which is something all aforementioned
> > window manager
On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 04:06:45PM +0200, Wim De Smet wrote:
> I don't think there is any way in metacity to launch apps though
> (except by loading gnome-panel) which is something all aforementioned
> window managers seem to have. I think most people expect at least this
> functionality in a wm.
Have a look for:
fspanel, fbpanel, matchbox-panel, perlpanel
for the panel (you coud perhaps scavenge the panel from xfce too)
docker
for the system tray (it's not an easy piece, it seems the DE developpers
haven't agreed on a standard by now)
deskmenu, mmenu, flin, gtk-menu, zwmenu, perlpanel
fo
On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 21:55:50 -0700, Marc Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 05:00:34PM +0200, Andrei Badea wrote:
> > It is just my impression (and please correct me if I'm wrong) that there
> > are two definitions for window manager today:
>
>
>
> There aren't. There's
On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 05:00:34PM +0200, Andrei Badea wrote:
> It is just my impression (and please correct me if I'm wrong) that there
> are two definitions for window manager today:
There aren't. There's only one. A window manager manages windows. It may
bring aditional eye-candy to the s
On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 11:35:44AM +1200, Simon Kitching wrote:
> I believe Ricky/Mark are correct. The metacity package indeed installs a
> window manager (and just a window manager). The WM/Fluxbox packages are
> actually simple "desktop environments", because they bundle panels, etc.
I wasn't a
On 26.7.2004 20:36 Marc Wilson wrote:
On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 03:47:32PM +0200, Andrei Badea wrote:
IMHO Metacity isn't meant to be a full-fledged window manager (as is for
example WM or Fluxbox), but instead it has to be used with the GNOME
environment, which provides the "additional components"
On Tue, 2004-07-27 at 07:13, Otto Wyss wrote:
> Marc Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 03:47:32PM +0200, Andrei Badea wrote:
> > > IMHO Metacity isn't meant to be a full-fledged window manager (as is for
> > > example WM or Fluxbox), but instead it has to be used with
Marc Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 03:47:32PM +0200, Andrei Badea wrote:
> > IMHO Metacity isn't meant to be a full-fledged window manager (as is for
> > example WM or Fluxbox), but instead it has to be used with the GNOME
> > environment, which provides the "addition
On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 03:47:32PM +0200, Andrei Badea wrote:
> IMHO Metacity isn't meant to be a full-fledged window manager (as is for
> example WM or Fluxbox), but instead it has to be used with the GNOME
> environment, which provides the "additional components", such as
> gnome-panel for the
As far as I know, metacity is ICCCM compliant (a standard for window
managers), so it can be used with any ICCCM compliant panels,
toolbars, etc. Metacity just happens to be the default for Gnome, but
I expect it would work well with KDE too (though it obviously wouldn't
use the KDE theme as Metac
On 26.7.2004 15:08 Otto Wyss wrote:
I installed Metacity to see how it looks like. Well Metacity doesn't
have a popup menu, taskbar etc as it states in the doc since they have
to be added as additional components. So far so good but how do I find
these components? There seems to be no metacity mail
I installed Metacity to see how it looks like. Well Metacity doesn't
have a popup menu, taskbar etc as it states in the doc since they have
to be added as additional components. So far so good but how do I find
these components? There seems to be no metacity mailing list or other
docs and the packa
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