On Tue, 11 Mar 1997, Mark Boolootian wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> I'm a novice fvwm user (but am totally enthralled by having a truly
> decent window manager to help me escape the ravages of openwindows!).
>
> I've pieced together a .fvwm2rc file from stuff the FVWM web page
> pointed me to. However, I have a couple of problems which I'm hoping
> someone(s) can help me with:
>
> o When I run some applications (e.g. imagetool, audiotool) under fvwm2,
> subsidiary windows, such as those for properties, don't have any
> mechanism for removing them from your screen. Under openwindows, you
> normally can click the "pushpin" to dismiss the window, but under fvwm2
> (as I have it configured), no such clickable button exists. Is
> there any way to configure for this?
>
> o When I fire up /usr/openwin/bin/xman, it doesn't work. The only button
> which is clickable is the 'Quit' button.
>
>
> Now my guess is that these applications are all written specifically for
> openwindows and they just won't integrate completely with fvwm. If
> that's true, what do folks normally do under Solaris for these kinds of
> tools? Do you grab X11R6 and install it? I find imagetool, the
> calendar manager, and the answerbook pretty useful and would hate to
> have to abandon them completely.
>
Not sure.
I installed Fvwm95 (which is based on Fvwm2) on a Solaris 2.5.1 box, which
didn't have X11R6 or anything (afaik it's X11R5). Maybe you're using
SunOS? (ack..)
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