Re: DFM (WAS AfterStep vs. Window Maker)
Brad (brad@eclipse.net)
Sat, 13 Feb 1999 21:10:54 -0500
Bruce Richardson wrote:
>
> >There's a nice little program called "DFM" (Desktop File Manager) that's
> very
> >nice for this...
>
> Aye, I'm fond of it myself. AS users should be aware that DFM blocks the
> ability to click on the desktop and get a menu. You can disable clicking
> on the DFM desktop, but this loses you some of it's useful functions - I
> also found that clicking with button 2 on the desktop temporarily disabled
> the DFM-desktop-click, so that the next click (from any button) gives you
> the appropriate menu. I don't know if that last behaviour is built in to
> DFM or an unlooked for byproduct of DFM and AS interacting.
>
Actually, just turn off the "Desktop Context Menu" option under the "DFM for X"
menu, then you can use Afterstep root menus all you want...
-Hitchhiker
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