Adam Hardy:
>
> The problem with gnome is that it stalls on startup for about 3 to 5
> mins with certain window managers: wmaker, uwm, blackbox, icewm
I don't use Gnome but I tried it with IceWM and it didn't stall back
then.
> I think it lies with either gnome-proxy or gnome-session, I'm not s
Adam Hardy on 13/09/05 17:39, wrote:
[can change the window manager in gnome] by changing the window manager
> command in here
~/.gconf/desktop/gnome/applications/window_manager/%gconf.xml
I discovered that sawfish, metacity and enlightenment work. Blackbox and
uwm don't (weird effects happe
Adam Hardy wrote:
Cybe R. Wizard on 14/09/05 13:38, wrote:
I think you'd be happy with IceWM as it is configurable to do most of
what you want so far. In addition you'll need Iceconf or Icepref for
configuration.
one major plus point for icewm - it starts all programs with a window
the sa
Cybe R. Wizard on 14/09/05 13:38, wrote:
I think you'd be happy with IceWM as it is configurable to do most of
what you want so far. In addition you'll need Iceconf or Icepref for
configuration.
one major plus point for icewm - it starts all programs with a window
the same size as the availab
Cybe R. Wizard on 14/09/05 13:38, wrote:
IceWM can do that. (but multiple desktops are /so/ cool!)
I think you'd be happy with IceWM as it is configurable to do most of
what you want so far. In addition you'll need Iceconf or Icepref for
configuration.
Thanks for those tips. Got most of it c
On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 03:19:14PM +0300, Simo Kauppi wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My two cents to the window manager monologue... :)
>
> On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 10:17:42AM +0100, Adam Hardy wrote:
> > When I use ALT-Tab to cycle thro all open apps, I would like to see all
> > apps in a list or a row with t
On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 01:37:52PM +0100, Adam Hardy wrote:
> Kai Grossjohann on 14/09/05 13:01, wrote:
> >Adam Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> >
> >>When I use ALT-Tab to cycle thro all open apps, I would like to see all
> >>apps in a list or a row with the current selected app highlighte
On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 10:17:42 +0100
Adam Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When I use ALT-Tab to cycle thro all open apps, I would like to see
> all apps in a list or a row with the current selected app highlighted.
> I saw one window manager doing it just how I like it but don't
> remember which
Kai Grossjohann on 14/09/05 13:01, wrote:
Adam Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
When I use ALT-Tab to cycle thro all open apps, I would like to see all
apps in a list or a row with the current selected app highlighted. I saw
one window manager doing it just how I like it but don't remember w
Adam Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> When I use ALT-Tab to cycle thro all open apps, I would like to see all
> apps in a list or a row with the current selected app highlighted. I saw
> one window manager doing it just how I like it but don't remember which
> one now.
WindowMaker does this
Hi,
My two cents to the window manager monologue... :)
On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 10:17:42AM +0100, Adam Hardy wrote:
> Kai Grossjohann on 14/09/05 09:16, wrote:
> >Adam Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >>I discovered that sawfish, metacity and enlightenment work. Blackbox and
> >>uwm don't (wei
Kai Grossjohann on 14/09/05 09:16, wrote:
Adam Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
I discovered that sawfish, metacity and enlightenment work. Blackbox and
uwm don't (weird effects happen instead though - quite interesting!).
Still to try wmaker and a couple of others.
I haven't found a window
Angelo on 14/09/05 06:00, wrote:
On Tuesday 13 September 2005 07:59 pm, David Purton wrote:
On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 12:51:59AM +0100, Adam Hardy wrote:
Angelo Bertolli on 13/09/05 19:16, wrote:
Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 05:39:58PM +0100, Adam Hardy wrote:
This thread
Angelo Bertolli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Yes, I'd like to find out a way to keep windows from stealing focus
> if at all possible.
A number of window managers have a "focus new windows" option. It may
work to turn that off. I don't know whether your wm has such an
option, though.
Kai
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Adam Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I discovered that sawfish, metacity and enlightenment work. Blackbox and
> uwm don't (weird effects happen instead though - quite interesting!).
>
> Still to try wmaker and a couple of others.
>
> I haven't found a window manager fulfills all the little qu
On Tuesday 13 September 2005 07:59 pm, David Purton wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 12:51:59AM +0100, Adam Hardy wrote:
> > Angelo Bertolli on 13/09/05 19:16, wrote:
> > >Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
> > >>On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 05:39:58PM +0100, Adam Hardy wrote:
> > >>>This thread is turning into a
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Adam Hardy wrote:
> Angelo Bertolli on 13/09/05 19:16, wrote:
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>> Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 05:39:58PM +0100, Adam Hardy wrote:
>>>
>>>
This thread is turning into a bit of monologue. Does nobody else
have is
On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 12:51:59AM +0100, Adam Hardy wrote:
> Angelo Bertolli on 13/09/05 19:16, wrote:
> >Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
> >
> >>On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 05:39:58PM +0100, Adam Hardy wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>This thread is turning into a bit of monologue. Does nobody else have
> >>>issues
Angelo Bertolli on 13/09/05 19:16, wrote:
Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 05:39:58PM +0100, Adam Hardy wrote:
This thread is turning into a bit of monologue. Does nobody else have
issues with their window manager? Or even better, solved them?
Adam, keep talking. It is
Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 05:39:58PM +0100, Adam Hardy wrote:
This thread is turning into a bit of monologue. Does nobody else have
issues with their window manager? Or even better, solved them?
Adam, keep talking. It is an interesting monologue.
Yes, I'd lik
On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 05:39:58PM +0100, Adam Hardy wrote:
> This thread is turning into a bit of monologue. Does nobody else have
> issues with their window manager? Or even better, solved them?
Adam, keep talking. It is an interesting monologue.
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Kai Grossjohann on 12/09/05 11:58, wrote:
Adam Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
I didn't realise Gnome was a window manager. Yet it runs with sawfish.
Makes me think I should be able to choose Gnome and Enlightenment, but how?
Gnome is not a window manager. Gnome contains many programs, o
Kai Grossjohann on 12/09/05 11:58, wrote:
Adam Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
I didn't realise Gnome was a window manager. Yet it runs with sawfish.
Makes me think I should be able to choose Gnome and Enlightenment, but how?
Gnome is not a window manager. Gnome contains many programs, o
Kai Grossjohann on 12/09/05 11:58, wrote:
Adam Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
I didn't realise Gnome was a window manager. Yet it runs with sawfish.
Makes me think I should be able to choose Gnome and Enlightenment, but how?
Gnome is not a window manager. Gnome contains many programs, o
Adam Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I didn't realise Gnome was a window manager. Yet it runs with sawfish.
> Makes me think I should be able to choose Gnome and Enlightenment, but how?
Gnome is not a window manager. Gnome contains many programs, one of
which is a window manager.
There sho
Adam Hardy on 12/09/05 09:59, wrote:
Almut Behrens on 12/09/05 01:15, wrote:
On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 11:47:04PM +0100, Adam Hardy wrote:
Adam Hardy on 11/09/05 23:00, wrote:
UWM: Your X-Server doesn't support the SHAPES extension .
terminating
I can't find any reference to SHAPES ext
Almut Behrens on 12/09/05 01:15, wrote:
On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 11:47:04PM +0100, Adam Hardy wrote:
Adam Hardy on 11/09/05 23:00, wrote:
UWM: Your X-Server doesn't support the SHAPES extension . terminating
I can't find any reference to SHAPES extension in synaptic. Where does
it resid
On Sep 12 2005, Almut Behrens wrote:
> BTW, with "xdpyinfo" you can check which extensions your X-server
> supports. See the list following "number of extensions:".
Be careful, though, that not all extensions may work. For instance, the
output of xdpyinfo may list the xv extension, even though it
On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 11:47:04PM +0100, Adam Hardy wrote:
> Adam Hardy on 11/09/05 23:00, wrote:
>
> >UWM: Your X-Server doesn't support the SHAPES extension . terminating
> >
> >I can't find any reference to SHAPES extension in synaptic. Where does
> >it reside?
>
> Just realised you prob
Adam Hardy on 11/09/05 23:00, wrote:
UWM: Your X-Server doesn't support the SHAPES extension . terminating
I can't find any reference to SHAPES extension in synaptic. Where does
it reside?
Just realised you probably don't install SHAPES, rather upgrade
something to a version that does i
Adam Hardy on 11/09/05 22:53, wrote:
I just put a .xinitrc file in my $HOME with 'blackbox' as the window
manager, and I found a 'window manager' submenu.
This allows me to change from blackbox to metacity or afterwm or several
others, but enlightenment, sawfish and uwm wont run, giving an err
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