On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 11:09:37AM +0200, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > Am Sonntag, 24. April 2016 schrieb Hendrik Boom: > > On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 11:00:21AM +0200, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > > > Am Sonntag, 24. April 2016 schrieb Hendrik Boom: > > > > > One more thing: I think this whole wm/de thing is a useless > > > > > distinction that never should have been made. > > > > > > > > The point at which I consider that it's no longer a window manager is > > > > when it starts to interfere with the conventions X set up. For > > > > example, when X's cut and paste stops working and you never know which > > > > cut-and-paste mechanism to use when copying from one window to another. > > > > > > > > -- hendrik > > > > > > That would make TDE a window manager :-) > > > > Or at least not clearly not a window manager. > > > > -- hendrik > > Which leads to the interesting point that "modern" DEs fail miserably on the > "desktop"-element. > > Nik
Which is entirely a non-issue for people like me, to whom the "Desktop" is basically the space where the numerous text terminals I use happen to be placed :D HND KatolaZ -- [ Enzo Nicosia aka KatolaZ --- GLUG Catania -- Freaknet Medialab ] [ me [at] katolaz.homeunix.net -- http://katolaz.homeunix.net -- ] [ GNU/Linux User:#325780/ICQ UIN: #258332181/GPG key ID 0B5F062F ] [ Fingerprint: 8E59 D6AA 445E FDB4 A153 3D5A 5F20 B3AE 0B5F 062F ] _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
