On May 14, Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE wrote:
> Scott Perlman <sperlman@support.tivoli.com> writes:
>
> > ctwm is functional, not gaudy. If you want gaud, you're not going to
> > consider ctwm without a major re-write, and if you want lean and mean
> > you aren't going to consider ctwm afterwards.
>
> Ctwm has gone the bloat route already -- consider animated title bars
> and animated buttons :-) But I agree, we shouldn't bloat it too
> much. But nevertheless, I think adding some code to listen for KDE
> window manager hints and/or Gnome window manager hints would be nifty.
I'm more or less a lurker on this list, but one of the reasons I use ctwm is
because of its simplicity. I don't want icons all over my desktop, I like the
tabular window manager -- I like the ease with which I can define and redefine
keyboard actions -- I can select easily how the window manager handles
different windows...
Sure, editing the .ctwmrc file might be a bit tough for some "come from
Windoze" people, but they probably will want a more hand-holding WM anyhow,
like fvwm.
I agree that if there some things which can be added to make ctwm acceptable
to other applications which prefer Gnome or KDE (like the "hints" mentioned
above), then they would be helpful. However, I don't want bloatware, either.
I may be in the minority, but I find the simplicity of ctwm the most
attractive feature.
-Michael
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