Re: Window Managers: Your Choices

[Gleef <gleef capital net>]

On 28 Aug 1998, Greg Badros wrote:

> Sabat <sabat@area51.org> writes:
> 
> > Outside of a brief (and outdated) list of Gnome-compliant window managers
> > in the Gnome FAQ, it's really hard to tell which WMs to play with.
> > 
> > Gnome Window Managers I know of:
> > 
> > - iceWM (web site has been down)
> > - enlightenment (I understand it may be too much for my P90)
> > - OVWM
> > - WindowMaker (Gnome-compliant but its interface clashes with Gnome)
> > 
> > Are there any others? And tell us why you like what you like!
> 
> Where is the information about GNOME conventions for wm-s?  We're going
> to make Scwm (http://huis-clos.mit.edu/scwm/) gnome-compliant, but I
> can't find documentation on what we need to do before we can claim we
> are gnome-compliant.

You can find the GNOME-compliant Window Manager information at:
   http://www.gnome.org/devel/arch/wm.shtml

It boils down to three things:
1) Proper X Session Manager support
2) Support of MWM hints
3) Support of extended GNOME hints that haven't been finalized yet.

Best of Luck,
-Gleef