Re: [Discuss-gnustep] GNUstep should remain independent of any window manager.

[Philippe C.D. Robert]

On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, Gregory Casamento wrote:
> GNUstep should simply be an API, folks.   We can go ahead
> and make it into an environment, but it shouldn't be inexorably
> tied to one given window manager (namely WindowMaker).  I should
> have the *capability* to work w/ WindowMaker, but not to the
> exclusion of all else.

I think nobody wants to tie GNUstep to WindowMaker or any other WM. But *if*
a user wants to run it with WindowMaker, it should give him/her the best
feel, which means, a certain interaction has to be implemented (dock, icon
management etc.)

> One of the things I am hoping will happen, eventually, is that we
> can have a "pure" GNUstep environment w/ a GNUstep based Dock.
> In this case we could either use WindowMaker is a window server,
> or we could have the apps draw thier own frames (as is done in
> OPENSTEP) and have a small window manager for X-only apps.

Yup!
 
> Tieing GNUstep to one window manager severly restricts the users
> options and will cost us users.  There are some people out there
> who think AfterStep is the greatest, and won't be willing to switch.

Again, I don't think anybody wants this!
 
sweet dreams, Phil
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Philippe C.D. Robert
Developer - StudioSendai.com