[Bug 431249] Review Request: sawfish - An extensible window manager for the X Window System.

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--- Comment #16 from Michal Jaegermann <michal at harddata.com>  2008-12-05 11:33:07 EDT ---
The current /usr/bin/gnome-wm has the following comment:

#
# NOTE: DON'T USE THIS.  Please have your window manager install
# a desktop file and change the gconf key
# /desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager

At least with the current rawhide providing the following
/usr/share/applications/sawfish.desktop:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Sawfish
Exec=sawfish
NoDisplay=true
# name of loadable control center module
X-GNOME-WMSettingsModule=sawfish
# name we put on the WM spec check window
X-GNOME-WMName=Sawfish
# back compat only 
X-GnomeWMSettingsLibrary=sawfish
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Bugzilla=GNOME
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Product=sawfish
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Component=general
X-GNOME-Autostart-Phase=WindowManager
X-GNOME-Provides=windowmanager
X-GNOME-Autostart-Notify=true

which was modified from a copy of metacity.desktop, and setting
/desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager key to sawfish does
switch a window manager as expected.

Most likely everything after "# back compat only" is not needed, or maybe even
first 6 lines are enough, but I did not see that documented anywhere so this is
all guesswork.

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