Re: Bug report

On 24/11/12 09:00, Michal Jaegermann wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 10:06:23PM +1100, Allan Duncan wrote:
>> On 20/11/12 02:42, Victor Porton wrote:
>>>
>>> I use Linux with Gnome 3.
>>>
>>
>> You are able to use sawfish with Gnome 3?  Please tell me how you
>> configure that.
>
> There is not that much to this and there were various suggestions,
> including mine, shown on this list.  The following works consistently
> for me also with the current "rawhide" for Fedora.
>
> In /usr/share/xsessions/ I have a file 'gnome-sawfish.desktop' with
> the following content:
>
> [Desktop Entry]
> Type=Application
> Name=Gnome with Sawfish
> Icon=
> Type=XSession
> Exec=/usr/local/bin/gnome-sawfish-start
>
> where /usr/local/bin/gnome-sawfish-start is this script:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> ( sleep 2 ; sawfish --replace ) &
> exec /usr/bin/gnome-session --session=gnome-fallback
>
> With such settings you will get your sawfish session to be picked up in
> a gdm sessions list (and you may make it into a default if you wish).
>
> This is not the only way to do it.
>
>    Michal
>

Thanks.
Early in Gnome 3's history there didn't seem to be a way of replacing 
the WM, and I haven't been paying much attention to the list since 
(there's 550 unread messages in my sawfish inbox).  I had looked at 
XFCE, but haven't delved into shoe-horning sawfish into that.
I run Fedora, and with F18 due early next year I'll spend some effort 
then to get it all working to _my_ liking.

What is all this attempting to make the desktop an oversized tablet, 
with a productivity drop to match?  Bah humbug.


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