Re: [RP] vmware

[James H. Laros]

On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 11:30:16PM +0200, Eduard Werner wrote:
> > I have read the postings about the problems with VMWARE
> > and tried the "workaround" in conf.h to make it unmanaged.
> 
> That's at least what I am using. It's perfectly ok with me.
> The only thing I don't like is that it won't show up in the
> window list, but maybe this has changed (I'm using rp 1.1).

I haven't messed with it much and I don't much care about the
window list, but what about cycling through windows? Since
it is unmanaged it seemed that I would have to bring it 
up when I want to use it and then exit out when I am
done instead of multitasking...

> 
> > problems? If I cannot get VMWARE to work to my satisfaction
> > I don't mind buying codeweavers but I would like to know
> > ahead of time and haven't seen info about it yet.
> 
> I have to use wine for a certain project and it's ok for me.
> What *is* your problem?

None yet, like I said I was investigating options and seeing
if there were problems with it and ratpoision.

> 
> > By the way I really like ratpoison if the developers are
> > reading this. I don't often find things that are developed
> > with my needs in mind. I am a LONG time Unix user and
> > don't much like the bloat of recent windowmanagers.
> 
> I second this.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Edi

thanks for the reply
Jim
> 
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