[qvwm-e:00322] Re: qvwm dead.. ?

Ricardo Moura wrote:
> Hello list.
> 
> I've heard that QVWM was discontinued, is that true ?

Not on my PC!  I've used it for years and I love it.

If you mean "still under active development", I think you're right.

Still, as is is today, qvwm still rocks.

Mitch.

PS: The only QVWMism that annoys me is that sometimes it goes psycho
when you use the mouse to resize windows until they touch the edge
of the screen.  I've implemented a VERY dirty workaround...

I start qvwm via my ~/.Xclients file.  In this file, I have these lines:

   while true; do
     qvwm || break
   done

If qvwm exits with a non-zero exit code, it will restart a new qvwm (and
more importantly, not exit the .Xclients script, so X and all the programs
I have open will keep running, without losing any work.

So when qvwm acts up, I switch back to a text console (Ctrl-Alt-F2 maybe)
and run "sleep 5; killall -BUS qvwm".  Then I switch back to graphics mode.
In a few seconds, there's a mad flashing frenzy, and a new qvwm takes
the reins.

(The sleep is necessary because I've found that the screen has to be
in graphics mode)

Also, one enhancement I've often considered is to do some tricks with
awk just before qvwm runs, to read KDE and GNOME's desktop entry files:

   http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/desktop-entry-spec/

The awk script would generate a new ~/.qvwmrc file using these desktop
entries and desktop menus, giving you a qvwm which would reflect the
programs installed on the machine, without even having to modify qvwm.

M.