Re: Window Manager configuration utilities

[Dominik Vogt <dominik vogt fvwm org>]

On Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 12:34:38PM +0200, ettrich@troll.no wrote:
> On Wed, 07 Jul 1999, Paul Warren wrote:
> > Something that came up on gnome-list a little while ago was the need to
> > standardise window manager configuration utilities.  In a truly
> > integrated desktop environment, you should be able to change window
> > manager options such as focus policy, window cycling behaviour, or
> > whatever the particular wm chooses to make optional by clicking on the
> > menu, going to settings and hitting window manager (or similar) not by
> > hunting around trying to find that particular window manager's
> > configuration utility, written usings Any Old Toolkit (tm).
> 
> What's the point in having different window managers then? IMO a common
> configuration tool goes far over the scope and the goal of this standarization
> effort. 

I agree, although it is desirable to have one common configuration
tool for all window managers. We should concentrate on the matters
at hand and leave such extensive topics for future documents.

Bye

Dominik ^_^

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