Status of different WindowManagers


Please mail me the status of untested window managers, specially if there is a problem!

Afterstep - ?.??.?


* Untested!

BlackBox - 0.64.0alpha7


* Works fine with default settings!

Enlightenment - 0.16.5


* Use default settings.
* Ignores the wanted size. Applets are always 64x64 large.
* The applet doesn't recieve any keypresses nor button presses.
* Tooltip isn't show
* Hide mouse pointer doesn't work

I suggest you use the --gai-broken-wm and set sticky, remember settings and such things in enlightenment and start the applet in your .xinitrc

FluxBox - 0.1.14


* Works fine with default settings!

Fvwm2 - 2.4.7


* Works with default settings, if you configure your .fvwm2rc file correctly. Example: *FvwmButtons: (2x2, Swallow pal `Exec pal`)
* The dock doesn't care about the wanted size.

Fvwm95 - ?


* Not tested!

Gnome 1.x.x (No window manager really)


* Not supported!

Gnome 2.0.x (No window manager really)


* Works fine!

Gnome 2.2.x (No window manager really)


* Works fine!

HackBox - ?.??.??


* Not tested!

IceWM - 1.2.2


* No dock found! (Wrong?)

KDE windowmanger - ?


* Not tested.

Metacity - ?


* Not tested

Sawfish - 1.0.1


* No dock found! (Wrong?)

TWM - ?


* Has no dock! (Wrong?)

Waimea - 0.4.0


* Works fine with default settings!

WindowMaker - 0.80.1


* Works when the --gai-window-maker is on.
* Applet size is always 64x64 (Wrong?)
* Neither mouse clicks nor keypresses are recieved by the applet.
* Tooltip text isn't shown
* Background is never changed when once set.
* Hide mouse pointer doesn't work.

XFCE - 3.8.18


* Dock is missing? (Wrong?)



Jonas Aaberg