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List:       kwin
Subject:    Re: [Kwin] use an environment variable to change kde's window manager at startup
From:       Karol Szwed <gallium () physos ! info>
Date:       2002-08-27 9:51:43
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On Monday 26 August 2002 11:32 pm, Lubos Lunak wrote:
>On Friday 23 August 2002 13:15, Karol Szwed wrote:
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>> On Friday 23 August 2002 2:08 pm, Ben Jansens wrote:
>> >Greetings,
>> >
>> >I have here a patch to make choosing a window manager to run with kde
>> >much more friendly. Instead of having to edit a script that is part of
>> >the kde distribution, they can just set the KDEWM environment variable.
>> >
>> >Ben Jansens
>>
>> I have no issues with this. It should have been done a long time ago imho.
>
> I'd rather wait for a while. Just try to use any other WM with KDE to find
>out my reason for this. And even from a technical point of view, we could
>probably use something else than just another env. variable.

I really wouldn't want to see a UI for this. An env. variable makes it easy 
enough for 1% of users who want to try changing their WM. If they encounter 
difficulties (due to lack of netwm support in the other wm), we can't be 
blamed for this if we adhere to the specs properly.

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