Re: GNOME Window Manager

[Andrew D Dixon <andrew dixon seranoa com>]

Elliot Lee wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 1 Jun 2001, Brian Murphy wrote:
> 
> > Sawfish can only be used with GNOME. It is a GNOME only window manager! It
> > will not work as a standalone.   See   http://sawmill.sourceforge.net/FAQ.html
> 
> The FAQ contains no information to support this untrue statement...
> 
I think he misread the line about sawfish not being able to set the
background.  

That brings up another point, why can't sawfish set the back ground? 
Don't most window managers consider the "desktop" to be the root window
and controle them like any other?

later,
Andy