kde and windowmaker

[Paul_Melson@keykertusa.com]

>OK, I got sick of the default KDE window manager again. I tried
>going back to WindowMaker, and now I realize why I wasn't using it
>already.  For some reason when I start KDE with WindowMaker, I get
>a huge window titled "KDE Desktop" which acts like KDE (right mouse
>brings up KDE menu, etc.), and it has a WindowMaker border on it.
>When I shrink the window, I get the normal WindowMaker desktop.
>I can switch virtual desktops via windowmaker, but the KDE task
>bar only appears on the first one, and the KDE pager only shows
>one desktop.  Somehow KDE and Windowmaker aren't communicating
>well.  Any thoughts on how to fix this problem, or suggestions as
>to an alternative window manager that works with KDE/GNOME?


Rather than run KDE within WindowMaker, just add `kfm` to your 
WindowMaker/X11 init scripts.  You can run any of your K-apps in 
WindowMaker, fully supported.  There's no need to actually run KDE to get 
KDE functionality within WindowMaker.


PaulM