Am Sonntag, 1. Oktober 2017 schrieb Didier Spaier: > Hello, > > I like very much FVWM, especially the ability it gives the user to > easily manage individually a big number of windows. > > But I would like that the users of the Slint Linux distribution that > I maintain be able to save and restore their sessions. > > Seeing in the man page: > > SESSION MANAGEMENT > Fvwm supports session management according to the X Session Management > Protocol. It saves and restores window position, size, stacking order, > desk, stickiness, shadiness, maximizedness, iconifiedness for all > windows. Furthermore, some global state is saved. > > and the associated Session Management Commands, I understand that in the > most recent version at least, (2.6.7) these features are provided only > in association with an external session manager. > > Is this correct or do I miss something? > > This is an issue for Slint that ships FVWM standalone (with lxpanel) and > also inside a LXDE desktop, because: > 1) lxsession, component of LXDE is not able to manage sessions despite > its name, and the less "light" session managers that I am aware of are > tightly associated with a desktop that we don't ship. > 2) I wish that users have the choice to use FVWM in a full desktop as > well as standalone. > > So my dream would be that FVWM act as its own session manager, as does > WindowMaker. As a reminder, even when used standalone it the latter can > manage its own sessions (example of saved session attached). > > Or maybe I miss something and that's already possible also with FVWM? > > Also, as a fallback are you aware of a an external window manager able > to cooperate with FVWM and having very few dependencies? > > Best regards, > > Didier >
As far as I have experienced, most "modern" application that use GNOME or KDE framework do not support X Session Management despite their window positions. Anything more sofisticated does not work, GNOME applications do not support KDEs session managemant and vice versa. "konsole" from KDE does not resore its tabs under GNOME, "terminator" does not resore its split screen and tabs under KDE or GNOME ... As far as I have experienced session management, it's quite broken today. Nik -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ...
