- Are people using FVWM for its looks? (Themability)
Looks/functionallity: I want the MWM look/functionallity.
Yes, I too like a simple mwm-like look, but even more I like the complete
and easy customizability. I think there are proofs on the net of
completely different looks. AND functionality ! It's not just a matter of
changing a wallpaper.
- Are people using FVWM for just being light-weight?
YES! I want as lightweight a window manager as posible.
I also do appreciate a lightweight wm (it usually runs at 1% CPU), or
better I deprecate how heavy are some DE like KDE.
- Are people using FVWM for its binding/scripting support?
Yes, I added some of my own widgets, see reference below.
And I would add a fourth reason
]] - I use FVWM because its customization (even if it has a steep
learning curve) is all concentrated in a single text file, so
with a minimum of self-documentation one will always know where
to go (unless those DE with infinite branches of GUIs)
These discussion instigated me to do sometyhing I lept pending for a
couple of years, i.e. add some new screenshots to my FVWM doc page
referring to my current fvwrc on Ubuntu, which adds to a pluridecennial
experience
http://sax.iasf-milano.inaf.it/~lucio/WWW/Opinions/window.html
--
Cosi' per li gran savi si confessa / Che la Fenice muore e poi rinasce, /
Quando al cinquecentesimo anno appressa. (Dante, Inferno, XXIV, 106-108)
Thus the great wise testify / That the Phoenix dies and is born again, /
When the five-hundredth year gets close.
