zentara wrote:
>
> At 3/9/99 4:27:00 PM, you wrote:
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >I don't want to start a 'Bandwidth wasting desktop holy war', but for
> >many users customizing their work environment by editting fvwm<nn>
> >configuration files is just not friendly enough.
But.... you will anyway... ;->
>
> Hi, I use fvwm2 exclusively. I start everything in an xterm that is
> not on the menu. I even have a custom background screen
> which is set by 1 line in fvwm2.rc file.
>
> Simplicity is EASY. What complicates things are all the different
> desktops. They are pretty, but they complicate things and
> cause problems.
Not really. KDE - right mouse, select program. Wheel icon appears on
desktop. Right mouse it, select properties. Rename default prefix to
desired desktop name. Click execute tab and browse to find executable
file or script. Browse for icon graphic. Click last tab and select
executable type. Presto! Done.
> I think it would be easier for me to show a new user how to
> right click on the desktop, create a new xterm, type in the program
> they want, then hit <alt-F4> to minimize the xterm.
Except there is a lot of typing and path changing to do every time you
want to run a pgm, and you know how fuddle-fingered one can get at
times. Doing this over and over may be a learning situtation the first
one or two times, but after that it is a pain in the .... fingers.
With a desktop icon you make it. Once. Then click it any time you want
to run what the icon represents.
> It never locks up.
KDE never gives me a problem. Period.
It's about choice, which is what makes the world go round, unless you
live in a "benevolent" socialist nanny state.
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