Re: LessTif - A Window Manager?
Randy McMurchy wrote: > I choose mwm, hands down. It is much easier to work with. Just because > you don't use the window manager portion of the package, Matt, doesn't > mean that others don't. :-) > > I really don't have a preference on where the package is located in > the book, however. I just wanted to throw this out, in case there > were others that were thinking the same thing. I'll defer to your > opinion and the fact that it already is located in libs, so someone > at some point made the decision once. Why not put a "pointer" page in the "window managers" sections with the title "mwm" and the following content? (modelled after Konqueror page): mwm- is the Motif-based window manager. It is packaged and installed with LessTif-. -- Alexander E. Patrakov -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: LessTif - A Window Manager?
Matthew Burgess wrote: > "The primary objectives have been to develop the widget code of the > LessTif Toolkit. Intermittently, the window manager (mwm) and the > combination of UIL compiler and libMrm are being worked on." I agree with Matt. In this case the primary purpose of the package is as a library. The wm is an incidental side effect. Best to leave it where it is. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: LessTif - A Window Manager?
M.Canales.es wrote these words on 04/17/05 11:21 CST: > Why not to add a mwm page in window managers like we already do in graphipcal > browsers for Konqueror or in the mail/news clients pages for Kmail/Knode? Excellent suggestion, Manuel. Something like, "The LessTif package includes a Motif clone window manager, mwm." I will do this right after I commit my changes to the LessTif package. -- Randy rmlscsi: [GNU ld version 2.15.94.0.2 20041220] [gcc (GCC) 3.4.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.4] [Linux 2.6.10 i686] 11:26:01 up 15 days, 10:59, 4 users, load average: 1.57, 1.15, 0.68 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: LessTif - A Window Manager?
El Domingo, 17 de Abril de 2005 18:10, Randy McMurchy escribió: > I really don't have a preference on where the package is located in > the book, however. I just wanted to throw this out, in case there > were others that were thinking the same thing. I'll defer to your > opinion and the fact that it already is located in libs, so someone > at some point made the decision once. Why not to add a mwm page in window managers like we already do in graphipcal browsers for Konqueror or in the mail/news clients pages for Kmail/Knode? -- Manuel Canales Esparcia Usuario de LFS nº2886: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org LFS en castellano: http://www.escomposlinux.org/lfs-es http://www.lfs-es.com TLDP-ES: http://es.tldp.org -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: LessTif - A Window Manager?
Matthew Burgess wrote these words on 04/17/05 10:42 CST: > The only thing I have at the moment that uses Lesstif is `xpdf', and > that certainly doesn't care about the window manager portion of Lesstif :-) Well, to counter this, I'll say that at the moment on a system I am building up, I have the choice of using twm or mwm as my choice of window managers. I choose mwm, hands down. It is much easier to work with. Just because you don't use the window manager portion of the package, Matt, doesn't mean that others don't. :-) I really don't have a preference on where the package is located in the book, however. I just wanted to throw this out, in case there were others that were thinking the same thing. I'll defer to your opinion and the fact that it already is located in libs, so someone at some point made the decision once. Thanks for the input, Matt. -- Randy rmlscsi: [GNU ld version 2.15.94.0.2 20041220] [gcc (GCC) 3.4.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.4] [Linux 2.6.10 i686] 10:46:01 up 15 days, 10:19, 4 users, load average: 1.14, 0.80, 0.40 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
Re: LessTif - A Window Manager?
Randy McMurchy wrote: In my opinion, the LessTif package belongs in the X Window Manager section of the book, and not the X Libraries section. LessTif includes the mwm Motif compatible window manager. Surely, we should move the instructions, right? What is Lesstif? http://www.lesstif.org/FAQ.html#QU1.0 says it's a "clone of the Motif toolkit". Therefore, IMO, it's a library. The fact that it happens to come with a window manager too is purely incidental. Note further down that same question in the FAQ it says: "The primary objectives have been to develop the widget code of the LessTif Toolkit. Intermittently, the window manager (mwm) and the combination of UIL compiler and libMrm are being worked on." The only thing I have at the moment that uses Lesstif is `xpdf', and that certainly doesn't care about the window manager portion of Lesstif :-) Regards, Matt. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
