Re: tlug: Launching programs from fvwm menus

[ABE Shige <sabe@example.com>]

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tlug note from ABE Shige <sabe@example.com>
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> Dennis,
> I've recently started using it and have found that it does have
> some advantages: window shade on all windows, popout horizontal wharf,
> retractable vertical wharf, good icon set, nice clock, wharf can
> swallow pager, nice background images, good selection on mouse
> buttons (same as fvwm), enlarge covers entire screen - but leaves
> wharf visible.
>

Hello.  There is another window maker that people may want to try.  
>From the README:

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WindowMaker is a window manager designed to emulate the look
and feel of part of the NEXTSTEP(tm) GUI. It's supposed to be fast,
relatively small, feature rich and easy to configure, with
a simple and elegant appearance borrowed from NEXTSTEP(tm).

Memory usage is apparently smaller than fvwm+equivalent 
modules (FvwmButtons, FvwmWinList etc.).

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Its still in development, but its very stable.

Its packed with features, unfortunately, many aren't well documented
yet. 
It has full I18N support built-in.  Coming soon in a few weeks,
multilingual warning messages and dialog boxes. (Initially Japanese,
Portuguese, and English)     


Some nice features:
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- On-the-fly, menu setup.
- Pinnable menus with tearable sub-menus.
- A real NeXT-style dock, that is fully drag and drop 
  configurable.
- Shade (less buggy than AfterStep)


Its still missing some features.  Its not fvwm-derived so everything
must be written from scratch.  


Web pages:
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http://www.helix.net/~tannoy/wmaker/
http://home.abac.com/jfr/windowmaker/ 
http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/~kojima/wmaker/index.html (Author's homepage)
http://mushi.colo.neosoft.com/wmaker/ (mirror of above)


Mailing-list:
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Shige Abe
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