[off-list] Re: Xfwm4 / compositor: gray background

[Harold Aling]

On Wed, 20 May 2015 at 11:26 Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf at rocketmail.com>
wrote:

> On Wed, 20 May 2015 09:12:33 +0000, Harold Aling wrote:
> >I have no interest in icons, menu or other things on my desktop. I just
> >want something else than a black background that I can paint dull gray
> >by dragging a window accross it.
>
> Hi Harold,
>
> I'm using feh too and I neither have an interest to have app icons,
> trash bins and things like this on my desktop. You seem to need a
> Xfwm4 feature I don't need, so I'm using openbox. I also like JWM.
>

Hey Ralf,

I've tried Openbox too, but it lacks the neat tiling options Xfwm4 has ...

I guess Xfdesktop is just a small price to pay for drawing an image on my
desktop without the hassle of finding an other window manager that behaves
just like Xfwm4, but does allow you to set a root pixmap.

-H-
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