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Re: fvwm
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Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
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Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:31:47 -0500
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Stephen Isard wrote:
> Can anyone explain why the fvwm window manager has been dropped in SL5?
> I've searched and found no discussion apart from a remark at
> http://www-zeuthen.desy.de/technisches_seminar/texte/sl3z.pdf that "we
> probably can't fight UTF-8 any longer".  However, fvwm 2.5 claims "full
> internationalization" and the man page makes a number of references to
> utf-8, so that doesn't appear to be a complete explanation.
> 
> The tar file from the fvwm site compiles with no problems and runs as it
> always has, as far as I can see.

You'll have to talk with RedHat about that.
Troy
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