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List:       kde
Subject:    Re: ALT key again
From:       Navindra Umanee <navindra () cs ! mcgill ! ca>
Date:       1998-02-27 20:38:49
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Montreal Fri Feb 27 15:28:55 1998

At one point in cyberspacetime,
Roberto Alsina <ralsina@unl.edu.ar> wrote:

> KDE will work just fine with fvwm, with a few exceptions:
> 
> 1) You have to start kpanel with an option like 
> "-with-no-kde-compliant-window-manager" (not exact).

(-no-KDE-compliant-window-manager)

Awesome, looks like you guys have it all figured out!  I find that kfm
works just fine on Fvwm2 too, with icons on the root window and
drag-and-drop with other KDE apps.  Cool.

> 2) fvwm (especially on focus-follow-mouse mode) is a bitch with programs 
> who use popups. Windows hide their own transients, and all that kind of 
> stuff. Also kwm hides transient windows when their parents lose focus, 
> which is nice.
> 
> 3) fvwm doesn't have session management.
> 
> 4) Probably I forgot something.
> 
> Perhaps it would be easier to fork kwm and add more configurability. Kwm's 
> code is miles ahead of fvwm's when it comes to readability.

This last makes a lot of sense.  I'm a sucker for good, readable code.

Thanks,
Navin.

(great mailing list, indeed)

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