On Wed 12.Nov'08 at 11:07:49 -0200, Renato Botelho wrote: > On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Dan Pascu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wednesday 12 November 2008, Michele Barbiero wrote: > >> > > I hope this features are usefull and they will come with official > >> > > WMaker distribution. > >> > > >> > But my impression (ok, my italian is not that good) is that you can > >> > make it work without any need to patch wmaker, is that right? > >> > >> Yes, I do. But it's not simple for everyone to do this. And, I think, > >> it's more politically correct that a management of composite features > >> is runned by WMaker itself. > > > > I disagree. The role of the window manager is to manage windows, i.e. > > provide window decorations that will allow one to move, resize, minimize, > > maximize and close windows, not to alter the looks of the window content > > (like adding transparency), nor to start 2 daemons to do this. > > Indeed. > > I wouldn't like to see windowmaker changing its focus, the original > proposal is to be a window manager, not a DE, and would be great > if it continue being this.
Sure, that is why I asked Michele. If there is no need to patch wmaker for this, than it should stay outside of wmaker's code. I am the last person in the world who wants to see Window Maker become a bloaty "desktop environment". -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
