On Tue, 2004-07-27 at 07:13, Otto Wyss wrote: > Marc Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 03:47:32PM +0200, Andrei Badea wrote: > > > IMHO Metacity isn't meant to be a full-fledged window manager (as is for > > > example WM or Fluxbox), but instead it has to be used with the GNOME > > > environment, which provides the "additional components", such as > > > gnome-panel for the taskbar. > > > > Uh, please define "full-fledged window manager", please. A window manager > > manages windows. Anything else is extra. > > > > Not that I'd ever be caught dead defending Metashitty, but it's doing > > exactly what it's supposed to be doing. > > Maybe, but it doesn't do what I want and it gives no info how to change > this. No matter how good Metacity in it's current state is not usful for > me.
I believe Ricky/Mark are correct. The metacity package indeed installs a window manager (and just a window manager). The WM/Fluxbox packages are actually simple "desktop environments", because they bundle panels, etc. I suspect the extra bits you want to complement Metacity can be obtained by installing the gnome-panel package. Or, as Ricky says, any other panel should work with Metacity. That would be odd, but doable. I'm not surprised that the Metacity distribution-independent documentation doesn't tell you what *Debian* package to install. Regards, Simon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
