RE: gnome compliant window managers

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

I only have window maker and enlightenment on my box... I only see those 2
in my list... I have 3 desktop files, one for enlightenment, window maker,
and icewm. Basicly it looks for the "exec" line and checks to see if the
file specified exists. if it dosnt, it dosnt show it in the list :)

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/usr/share/gnome/wm-properties/Enlightenment.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Enlightenment
Exec=enlightenment
TryExec=enlightenment

[Window Manager]
ConfigExec=e-conf
ConfigTryExec=e-conf
SessionManaged=true

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/usr/share/gnome/wm-properties/WindowMaker.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Window Maker
Exec=wmaker
TryExec=wmaker

[Window Manager]
ConfigExec=WPrefs
SessionManaged=false

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/usr/share/gnome/wm-properties/IceWM.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Ice WM
Exec=icewm
TryExec=icewm

[Window Manager]
SessionManaged=true

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There are already 3 desktops written, all someone needs to do is make up
desktops for fvwm, afterstep, and all the other ones :)

PS: I said check to see if the window manger is up and running, and if it is
not, prompt the user to select a window manger to start up


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Sri Ramkrishna [SMTP:sri@aracnet.com]
> Sent:	Monday, March 22, 1999 9:55 AM
> To:	Fox, Kevin M
> Cc:	'Michael Fulbright'; Maciej Stachowiak; 'gnome-list@gnome.org'
> Subject:	RE: gnome compliant window managers 
> 
> > the wm caplet already has detection code in it... It looks in its
> desktop
> 
> Cool. :)
> 
> > files and then checks to see if the files that are pointed in the
> desktop
> > exist. It would be a simple matter to recode it to check wether a wm is
> 
> I'm not sure what this means.  What do you mean by "files that are pointed
> in the desktop"?
> 
> > loaded and if not prompt :)
> 
> That would be cool.  Whats the point of asking for a windowmanager if
> there is one running already.
> 
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