Re: FVWM: Session management.

On Sun, Oct 01, 2017 at 12:52:22AM +0200, Didier Spaier wrote:

Hi,

>Hello,
>
>I like very much FVWM, especially the ability it gives the user to
>easily manage individually a big number of windows.
>
>But I would like that the users of the Slint Linux distribution that
>I maintain be able to save and restore their sessions.
>
>Seeing in the man page:
>
>SESSION MANAGEMENT
> Fvwm supports session management according to the X Session Management
> Protocol.  It saves and restores window position, size, stacking order,
> desk, stickiness, shadiness, maximizedness, iconifiedness for all
> windows.  Furthermore, some global state is saved.
>
>and the associated Session Management Commands, I understand that in the
>most recent version at least, (2.6.7) these features are provided only
>in association with an external session manager.
>
>Is this correct or do I miss something?
>
>This is an issue for Slint that ships FVWM standalone (with lxpanel) and
>also inside a LXDE desktop, because:
>1) lxsession, component of LXDE is not able to manage sessions despite
>its name, and the less "light" session managers that I am aware of are
>tightly associated  with a desktop that we don't ship.
>2) I wish that users have the choice to use FVWM in a full desktop as
>well as standalone.
>
>So my dream would be that FVWM act as its own session manager, as does
>WindowMaker. As a reminder, even when used standalone it the latter can
>manage its own sessions (example of saved session attached).
>
>Or maybe I miss something and that's already possible also with FVWM?

have you see this ?

http://linuxgazette.net/100/adam.html

But not sure how helpful that would be
since IIRC slint is taylored for accessibility

>
>Also, as a fallback are you aware of a an external window manager able
>to cooperate with FVWM and having very few dependencies?

This I do not know

>
>Best regards,
>
>Didier

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John