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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Create a new Desktop
From:       James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj () acm ! org>
Date:       2003-09-18 22:42:12
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Nicolas Goutte wrote:
> See the window manager functions of KDE. From what I see, you want to make a 
> new WM. (Good luck!)
> 
So, now I get to be rude and arrogant.  Do you know the difference between 
a window manager and a desktop.

> (Qt had the possibility to make application without any WM, but I cannot find 
> it anymore in the documentation. So I do not know if it is still supported.)
> 
If he wants to be able to resize windows, and/or change their focus, he 
needs a window manager.

> And if KDE's WM does not suit yu, then please look at the other WMs. They are 
> some very simplistic ones. (Of course, if you want to run a KDE application 
> on it, you would have big problems.)
> 
I guess that you mean 'desktop' when you say WM.

> In any case, I do not really think that this question has anything to do with 
> KDE, so there are probably better mailing lists for your problem.
> 
If he wants to use the KDE window manager and/or run Konqueror as his web 
browser.  He is talking about running a stripped down KDE.  Not about not 
running KDE.

--
JRT


 
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