Re: fvwm2 config hook rant

1998-07-14 Thread Adrian Bridgett
On Mon, Jul 13, 1998 at 09:02:37PM -0400, Tom Malloy wrote: > I am very upset by these hook things. I do not understand them. They seem > to be much harder to work with than regular configuration (.*rc) files. > They seem to require that the user know which hook file to edit. There > are several,

Re: fvwm2 config hook rant

1998-07-14 Thread Nikolai Andreyevich Luzan
On Mon, 13 Jul 1998, Tom Malloy wrote: > editing the existing configuration file. This is practically impossible > for the novice user. I wouldn't say I'm a novice but I had much the same problem, I used to have a great little .fvwmrc file and I wanted to do same thing with my .fvwm2rc file but

Re: fvwm2 config hook rant

1998-07-14 Thread Gary L. Hennigan
Tom Malloy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | I am very upset by these hook things. I do not understand them. They seem | to be much harder to work with than regular configuration (.*rc) files. | They seem to require that the user know which hook file to edit. There | are several, prethis.hook posttha

Re: fvwm2 config hook rant

1998-07-14 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
Chris wrote: > Tom Malloy wrote: > > But there is just no reason or justification for organizing > configuration files > in this confusing and intimidating manner. Applications, and os's, should be > usable > and reasonably configurably at every level of userability. If you feel you have to re

Re: fvwm2 config hook rant

1998-07-14 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, If you like programming by example, I can provide you with a live copy of my fvwm config files (16Kgzipped) which should be a good start. http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/fvwmconf.tar.gz> has a copy. I did not include the custom xpm and gif files that I use, since it is

Re: fvwm2 config hook rant

1998-07-14 Thread Christopher Barry
Tom Malloy wrote: But there is just no reason or justification for organizing configuration files in this confusing and intimidating manner. Applications, and os's, should be usable and reasonably configurably at every level of userability. Well then, if that's what you want then get KDE or s