Re: Panel GUI

[Tom Tromey <tromey creche cygnus com>]

>> Someone pointed out to me that the name "gsm" is already in use.
>> I've been thinking of renaming it to "gnome" or "gnome-session".
>> The idea behind the former is that if the session manager really is
>> how Gnome should be started, then it should be named accordingly.

Jim> I think "gnomesm" would be better.  Session management ought to
Jim> be optional.

I don't necessarily disagree, but I'd like to know why you think this.
What if the SM had a way to turn off its session management functions?
Then you'd just be left with a handy way to log out.

Tom