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Information on Using Window Maker with KDE
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Window Maker supports almost all KDE/KWM specific client
communication protocols, so you can simply replace kwm with
Window Maker, if you think these advantages are worthy:
Window Maker KWM
=============================================================================
Looks NEXTSTEP(tm)/NEXTSTEP(tm) Original, but reminds
enhanced Windows(tm)
Decoration solid, gradient, multi-color solid, vertical and
Textures gradient, pixmaps, textured horizontal gradient,
gradient - all gradients are pixmap
supported in horizontal,
vertical and diagonal
directions
Configurable No Yes, but not totally
Titlebar Buttons
Mini CLI Yes, but limited Yes
Window Specific Yes In KDE 1.1, yes.
Configuration In KDE 1.0, no.
Quick Keyboard Yes In KDE 1.1, yes
Navigation In KDE 1.0, no.
Pager KDE pagers will work as Yes
well as GNOME pagers
Session Not yet supported, but Yes, old (pre-X11R6) style
Management X11R6 style SM is being worked.
Dock kpanel, GNOME panel and Dock kpanel
Built-in Yes No
krootbgwm
GNOME support Yes No
Memory Usage(1) 1.85Mb In KDE 1.0, 3.13Mb
In KDE 1.1, probably more
(1) Memory usage was tested by running wmaker and kwm at the same machine
with the same windows, on the same screen and similar window texture
configurations (at different times, of course). I looked in the output of
ps -m, in the SIZE field, right after starting the window managers.
Enabling KDE Support
--------------------
To enable KDE support in Window Maker, you must compile it after
configuring it as follows:
./configure --enable-kde
Then, just replace kwm with wmaker in your startkde script.
If you are going to use Window Makers sound server, comment out
kwmsound in startkde. Also if wmaker sets your root window
background, comment out kbgndwm, kde's wallpaper setter.
Make sure to disable workspace background setting in KDE. If you
wont be using Window Maker themes anyway, you can set
WorkspaceBack = (none);
in ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WindowMaker
Enhancing Integration
---------------------
Window Maker adds some extensions to KDE's messaging stuff, so you can run
Window Maker specific commands from places like kpanel, krootwm or even
kwmcom. Recently KDE developers have kindly added support for these extensions
in the more recent KDE versions from CVS. The added stuff are the following
kwm like commands:
wm:wmaker - select Window Maker support mode
wmaker:info - show info panel
wmaker:legal - show legal panel
wmaker:arrangeIcons - arrange icons
wmaker:showAll - show all windows
wmaker:hideOthers - hide others
wmaker:restart - restart wmaker
wmaker:exit - exit wmaker
You can test them with kwmcom, like:
kwmcom wmaker:info
Problems
--------
* kpanel will not be kept always on top. That's because kpanel is an
OverrideRedirect window, so Window Maker can't do anything about that.
Before requesting for a hack to work around that in Window Maker, please
request the kpanel author to fix it.
* because the KDE protocol for letting the window manager know the usable
window region is broken, you might find some problems with the window
positioning/maximization code and kpanel's position.
* It seems kpanel (and maybe KDE in general) doesn't like dynamically
changing the number of workspaces. So, don't create or destroy workspaces
while running on KDE, unless you really need.
* If kpanel, kwmpager or kpager becomes confused about the number of
windows present, restart them.
* Wmaker opens windows by default under/over the panel, when the panel is
at top or left of screen. Use the GUI configuration tool WPrefs to change
this.
* Some commands, such as cascade windows and rearrange windows are not
yet implemented.
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