Re: FVWM: Newbie at large

From: Tenebrae <tenebrae_at_niceboots.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 19:45:59 -0700 (PDT)

On Sat, 19 Oct 2002, Dan Espen wrote:

> Fvwm doesn't have a first time user guide.
> Fvwm has so many commands that the developers are busy just
> keeping the reference material up-to-date.

There are a few (possibly very old and outdated) .fvwm2rc files along with
some of the screenshots at www.fvwm.org, too.

> There are very good reasons to use Fvwm.
> Fvwm is extremely configurable and consumes a lot less resources
> than Gnome or KDE.

I think I was under the impression that Gnome and KDE were different
animals than FVWM. You can use window managers like FVWM and
Enlightenment under Gnome and KDE. I personally think Gnome and KDE are
about as useful as Windows 3.1 was over DOS. "Windows 3.x - a colourful
clown suit for DOS." But I guess this is bordering on a rant.

Anyways, back to useful info for newbies, I found it most useful to get an
fvwm dot file from somebody and start editing it to see what happened. If
you get one with a screenshot, it makes it that much easier to pick the
parts you like and change the parts you don't.
                                                                -Tenebrae.
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