7.1 Is there a pager for Window Maker?

Not at the moment because there is not a pressing need for a pager. The concept of multiple desktops does exist and there are currently 3 ways to switch between them.

First, the Alt+Number combination will switch between desktops. The Workspaces menu will also let you switch workspaces. Lastly, the Clip will also scroll one through workspaces.

For those that would like to send an application to a specific workspace, either drag it to an edge of the desktop onto the next workspace or you can right click on the titlebar, choose "Move to..." and choose the appropriate workspace.


7.2 Can I have folders like in AfterStep?

No. Window Maker does however support the collapsable Clip per desktop for a similar functionality.


7.3 How do I use getstyle and setstyle? To capture the current Window Maker style, use the command 

getstyle > current.style
To replace the current style, use the command 

setstyle filename.style



7.4 Why don't you distribute {normal diff, xdelta} patches?

Whenever possible plain diff patches are distributed. If the new version has new binary files, normal diff won't be able to handle them, so a patch package is distributed, instead. We don't use xdelta because: - most systems do not have xdelta installed; - xdelta is picky and require the file to be patched to be exactly the same as the one used to make the patch. The patch package scheme used is much more flexible.

We do not distribute a simple diff with the binary files separately (and variations, like uuencoding the binary files) because: - it is more complicated and error prone to require the user to manually move the files to the correct places; - the current patch package scheme *does* distribute the binary files and diff files separately. If the user wants to install everything by hand, nobody will object to that; - sooner or later someone will certainly ask for a script to automate the file moving stuff.

So we hacked a script (mkpatch) that automatically creates a patch package with the normal text diff file, a list of removed files and the binary files that have changed or been added, plus a script that does the patching automatically. If you don't like the script, you can apply the patch and move the files manually. Or download the whole distribution.