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Re: Beyond twm



Hello,

On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 16:44:40 +1100
matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost> wrote:

> for a start, twm doesn't handle multiple desktops.  it doesn't handle
> some of the really-old-now "newer" extensions like Xinerama.  and
> sometimes has problems interacting with newer programs i'm told has to
> do with other unhandled protocol features (but i haven't investigated
> these personally.)

I dimly remember it putting title bars and occasionally borders on
windows that shouldn't have them.

> we (the project) really want to provide something besides twm as the
> default.  and as far as i'm aware, no one has really been looking at
> it... so it would be great if you did.

Hmm, pwm keeps popping up but I don't remember what the problem was.

have fun
Michael


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