RE: GNOME Usability Improvements - Fix the window manager!

["Fox, Kevin M" <KMFox mail bhi-erc com>]

I think a scheme would be much better. A scheme could control changing
themes for various things.
The eMac scheme could set gtk to eMac, E to eMac.etheme, and xmms to
eMac.zip

Plus do things like change font size and setting gmc icons.

The two reasons for a gnome wm is to get rid of the theme problem (read
above non wm solution), and ease of install. To solve the second problem
only requires alittle work on the distribution side. Personally I find it
very easy to install a wm like enlightenment. gnorpm -> install ->
enlightenment*.rpm -> ok. or barring that, rpm -Uvh enlightenment*.rpm. I
think creating yet another wm would not have many benifits for all the hard
work required (there are already alot of wm's), but if someone wants to code
it, have phun. :)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Frantzdale [mailto:frantzdb@admin.arhs.net]
> Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 3:23 PM
> To: Sarel J. Botha
> Subject: Re: GNOME Usability Improvements - Fix the window manager!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2 Aug 1999, Sarel J. Botha wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, Aug 01, 1999 at 10:08:45PM -0500, James M. Cape wrote:
> > > To the best of my limited knowledge WRT the GTK+ WM, 
> there was a bit of
> > > a snag which was hit with the GDK layer. I don't know all of the
> > > details, but having an integrated WM is definately a Good Thing.
> > > 
> > > A second priority (IMHO) should be to try and help WM 
> authors to code
> > > GTK+ themes to match their WMs. AFAIK, mandrake is 
> working on a GTK+
> > > theme which uses CVS Enlightenment's current widget 
> images, and GTKStep
> > > already exists. If this is done, people who like E's 
> configurability or
> > > Blackbox's speed can choose to use those WM's without 
> having to download
> > > a new GTK+ Theme for every window manager theme.
> > > 
> > 
> > Woudln't this be a good time to introduce GNOME themes? 
> Like KDE, they also
> > apply to the wm, but it doesn't make a sound if you're 
> using another wm.
> 
> 
> 
> Yes. I'd hope it could include GMC icons as well.
> 
> --Ben
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