[qvwm-e:00354] Re: qvwm development

are you one of the developers of qvwm or a list member like me?

I tried, but I never could get qvwm2 to compile in my Mandrake system.

I am wondering how hard it would be to replace the existing widget set 
in qvwm 1 with the Fox-Toolkit as the wm is already completed in qvwm1, 
but  the widget set could be upgraded.

Do you know of any people who might be interested in working on this 
project as it is very large and covers much more than just a wm.

It's a whole specialized Linux Distro.

Cheers,
Lonnie

 machine than the one it was compiled on. If you
have a 64bit machine (Octane) you should also do this to ensure
you don't accidently build the libraries as 64bit (which is Chris 
Sorenson wrote:

> Lonnie Cumberland wrote:
>
>> Hello All,
>>   machine than the one it was compiled on. If you
>> have a 64bit machine (Octane) you should also do this to ensure
>> you don't accidently build the libraries as 64bit (which is
>> I am new to this mailing list and really like QVWM for a project that 
>> I am gearing up to work on.
>>
>> It is actually a specialized distribution of Linux, called 
>> IterCruise,  being built off of Mandrake and it will have QVWM as the 
>> basic and initially the only window manager.
>>
>> My hope is that the qvwm 2.0 can be ready by the time that the 
>> distribution is ready for the initial release.
>>
>> I have a modification suggestion but am not sure exactly how it can 
>> be implemented in qvwm and first want to see if the mailing list is 
>> active and has interested people.  This is QVWM's chance to  compete 
>> directly in the realm of KDE and Gnome I think.
>>
>> Well, that is enough for now and I hope to hear from someone on the 
>> list soon,
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Lonnie
>>
>>
> qvwm-2 could be a great widget set, but I don't think it ever will be. 
> It's been a long time since anyone's worked on it.
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> The widget set you want is Fox:
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> http://www.fox-toolkit.org/
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> Good luck!
>
> You'll need it if you plan to compete against Gnome and KDE... ;)
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