Re: Suggestion for making GNOME less dependent on E

[Ian Campbell <ijc25 cam ac uk>]

Possibly if the default WM is not found then the wm-properties capplet
should automatically appear at start up? 

Just an idea..
Ian.

On 7 Mar 1999, Elliot Lee wrote:

> On Fri, 5 Mar 1999 19:52:56 -0800 (PST), James Ramsey
> <jjramsey_6x9eq42@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> >I had always heard that GNOME was pretty much window-manager
> >independent. Then, after I've installed GNOME from rpms, I find that
> >gnome-session uses E as the default WM, and it was only after I read
> >the mailing list archives, that I found that only those who compiled
> >from source got the privilege of choosing the default WM. Hmm. There's
> >got to be a better way to do this. I suggest adding an option to
> >gnome-session, like this:
> >
> >gnome-session --fallback-WM 'FooWM --options blah blah'
> 
> This is hackish - you are wanting special treatment of the window manager
> where currently none exists.
> 
> If as a sysadmin you wish to change the window manager in the default
> session, edit $prefix/share/default.session
> 
> If as a user you wish to change your window manager, wm-properties capplet
> should theoretically take care of this.
> 
> In the (pretty near) future, wm-properties will solve this problem.
> -- Elliot
> "In film you will find four basic story lines. Man versus man, man
>  versus nature, nature versus nature, and dog versus vampire."
>     - Steven Spielberg
> 
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