Trying to do a minimal XFCE4.6...

pogeymanz · 2009-01-26 02:24:27

Okay, here is what I want:

I want XFWM4 to be used like I use Openbox. I want the Window manager, a right-click menu, and the configuration gui that sets the WM theme and turns on compositing, etc.

So, do I need xfdesktop or can I just use feh and still have my right-click menu? And what about the menu editor that I heard we were getting in this version?

As of right now, when I right-click on the desktop, I have a desktop menu with create launcher, etc, and then my main menu, but I only want the main menu. I want a blank desktop except for the background image.

What packages do I absolutely need to accomplish this?

EDIT: And what the heck happened to my XFCE-panel? Now if I have one window open, it takes up the whole taskbar. It used to only use a little bit if there was only one window. Is this the way xfce4.6 is going to be?

Last edited by pogeymanz (2009-01-26 02:25:57)

.:B:. · 2009-01-26 07:24:25

What extras do you need from XFCE that Openbox does not have? You can still use Openbox within XFCE and do without xfwm . That would probably the easiest solution .

XFCE stuff pulls in a lot of libraries (not to be compared to Gnome or KDE's, but still), so if you really want to replicate an Openbox setup, there are other possibilities.

pogeymanz · 2009-01-26 13:34:28

Well, I want to use xfwm4 as more of a standalone rather than the whole DE.

robmaloy · 2009-01-27 07:38:19

afaik the right-click menu is a xfwm thing. no need to "let it control the desktop"

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Trying to do a minimal XFCE4.6...

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Re: Trying to do a minimal XFCE4.6...

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