docs/54806: [patch] adds fvwm2 to x11-wm

[Gary W. Swearingen]

Marc Fonvieille <blackend at FreeBSD.org> writes:

>  This section focus mainly on "desktops environments", but why not
>  talking about some window managers.  So why FVWM 2 and not TWM,
>  AfterStep, Window Maker, IceWM, fluxbox etc. ?  FVWM is a great window
>  manager but I don't think the audience of that section will like FVWM.
>  Why not adding a link to the http://www.plig.org/xwinman/ page (this
>  page is guide to all window managers.) and then pointing the reader to
>  our ports/x11-wm directory?
>  Tell me what you think about that.

If your talking about the handbook, mine starts section 5.7 with:

   A ``desktop environment'' can mean anything ranging from a simple
   window manager to a complete suite of desktop applications, such as
   KDE or GNOME.

Now it used to be (and maybe still is) that DE meant ONLY things like
KDE/GNOME/CDE and never a WM (which was only part of a DE).  So maybe
the above quote is wrongly trying to re-define common jargon; I'm not
sure.  I think it's a better definition, because I'd be hard-pressed
to give a good definition of "desktop environment" that wasn't as
broad as possible, but then we accept lots of bad jargon.

But if the sections's intro is OK, then it should be OK to add a
subsection (5.7.5?) on window managers.  It needs no more than a short
sales pitch on the benefits of not using GNOME/KDE/CDE, a suggestion
of a few of the most popular WMs (for no good reason), and some links
to good external information.  Separate detailed sections for each of
the most popular WMs is probably OK, but I don't know where you draw
the line, without knowing more about their popularity.