FVWM Kise

[rasat]

3 months ago, it was suggested to have a simpler and more elegant set of configs. Similar to FVWM-Crystal’s aim in creating an easy-to-use, elegant, but also powerful desk environment.

FVWM Keep-it-simple & elegant - is a simplified version of Fvwm-myExt collection of ready-made scripts (configs). Kise is an elegant base to use and feature-rich for you to use, modify or add your own. The default Fvwm config file is the base. Currently, there are 25 scripts (configs) of functions, styles, menus, decor, and modules.

MAIN FEATURES:
* Desk Launcher (includes): Iconfied Thumbnails, Windows Overview, Tiling, and Work Desk.
* Work Desk with navigation buttons and 4 Desks with 2 Pages each (Web, Email, Work and Misc. desk).
* Icon/Application Panel
* XDG menu
* Task Panel
* Calendar/Day/Time Panel
* 4-button Window Title Bar
* Page Indicator
* Elegant transparency and shadows.
* Window focus on all desks and pages.

Screenshots on Pling:
https://www.pling.com/p/2095462

HOW TO INSTALL
Download and extract. Copy subfolders to ~/.fvwm
* Requirements & Dependencies read setup/INSTALL.md

DOWNLOAD:
Download latest version 2.0.3 from Pling
https://www.pling.com/p/2095462

GitHub:
https://github.com/rasatpc/Fvwm-KISe

[Mjaakko]

3 months ago, it was suggested to have a simpler and more elegant set of configs.

Only 3 months, felt it was much longer. This is a really, really nice addition to Fvwm. Came alive with many interesting and practical features that help to compute. The Desker Pager with 4 mini-widow desks does what it says to keep things orderly. And with a low RAM use. I think still be lower, I have to check.

[amlug]

MAIN FEATURES:
* Desk Launcher (includes): Iconfied Thumbnails, Windows Overview, Tiling, and Work Desk.
* Icon/Application Panel
* Task Panel
* Calendar/Day/Time Panel
* 4-button Window Title Bar
* Desker Buttons and Pager
* Page Indicator
* Elegant transparency and shadows.

This is great with many new things. I think many users don't know what those features do and how they relate to desk and window management. What do iconify and tiling do, and where to edit icon and desker buttons? And, what's the difference between left-, middle- and right-click?

There are many open questions. How about making one short video? And, is there an Fvwm respin? A 5-minute video and quick respin test would be awesome.

[rasat]

There are many open questions. How about making one short video? And, is there an Fvwm respin? A 5-minute video and quick respin test would be awesome.

There is the old MX21-Fvwm3-myExt-3.1.4-x64.iso. Would be time to update it. One video would also be good. There are many features that will be undetected without seeing what is there.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/fvwm3- ... wnload-iso

[amlug]

I tested MX21-Fvwm3-myExt-3.1.4-x64.iso, works well. I am waiting for Kise scripts. For the respin, I suggest to update Fvwm3 to version 1.0.8. In 1.0.6, FvwmConsole has problems. For general use, nobody will notice it. But for script testing.

[rasat]

There is now a major improvement in the Work Desk module (Desker) and also in window management. What has been lacking in Fvwm, is a window focus when changing a page or desk. It required to click-to-focus each time. Other WMs and DEs did it better. For example, in Xfce, the last window is always focused regardless of pressing a button or changing the virtual page. This makes the look sharp and clear. This focus feature is now in Kise, thanks to @amlug
https://fvwmforums.org/t/window-focus-o ... hange/4395

Check Pling website for the latest screenshots and download (version 1.6.7)
https://www.pling.com/p/2095462

[amlug]

@rasat did you see Mjaakko's screenshot that he posted on Fvwm Forum? He made one great transparent desk with Fvwm RootTransparent colorset. The window has Picom shadow but all other things and icons are fvwm.

Image:
https://pcap-neighbours.com/download/fv ... nt1000.png

[Mjaakko]

I just did an experiment and noticed how beautiful and interesting the desk became.



Got an idea, if total transparency could be put into a button that can switch on transparency when the desk is getting crowded. Same as the Iconify button that iconifies all windows except the focused window. Less distraction.

[Mjaakko]

Version 1.7.0 has feh --bg-scale which scales wallpapers with screen resolution. This looks great....

[amlug]

Version 1.7.0 has feh --bg-scale which scales wallpapers with screen resolution.

This also fixes the problem with tiled wallpaper on different Fvwm versions and also some distros. In the new update, 1.7.2, the startup tests different options. If feh is installed, it handles the wallpapers.

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Test (x fvwm3-root) InfoStoreAdd VER "fvwm3-root -r"
Test (x fvwm-root) InfoStoreAdd VER "fvwm-root -r"
Test (x feh) InfoStoreAdd VER "feh --bg-tile"