Status of xfce 4

[Net Llama!]

On 03/29/03 14:02, Olivier Fourdan wrote:
> Hi Lonni,
> 
> Use either xsm or gnome-session (and Botsie posted some kinda howto to
> make gnome-session run xfce4 only, ie w/out the panel)

i don't have Gnome installed.

> 
> FYI, all components in xfce4 are session aware, we just miss the session
> manager itself. And xfce3 did not have one either, it was simply xfwm
> that was taking care of restoring the apps. While this would be easy to
> do in xfwm4, I'm against it :P
> 
> I'm fairly sure we all can live w/out a session manager right now. For
> those who cannot, "man xsm" ;)

ok, i just tried to parse the xsm manpage, and got confused & lost 
rather quickly.  could someone give me a quick & dirty howto for xsm so 
that i can set it up to do what i've noted below?

thanks.

> 
> Cheers,
> Olivier.
>> 
>> what about some kind of session manager?  i'm referring to the widget 
>> that remembers what i left running, when i logged out, and restarts it 
>> the next time (with the same geomety & placement)?  as of a CVS checkout 
>> from yesterday, i didn't see this working.

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