-- Martin Ehmsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Sunday, 08 June 2003, 05:58 PM +0200): > I wondered how you test a window manager. How to you code a window > manager and test it on the fly. > > When I code, I usualy use emacs in blackbox to do my coding. But when > your are coding a window manager you have to start test it somehow > whitout interrupting with the window manager already running... if you > understand :-) > > To make it short: > When you hack blackbox how do you do...?
I don't actually hack on blackbox, but when I've wanted to try other window managers, I've tried a variety of options. One is to use a session manager; that way the window manager doesn't kill the x session when it's killed. ROX-Session, in particular, is nice since it allows you to start a window manager of your choice when it detects that the window manager has died or been killed. Another option is to use Xnest; view the man pages to get detailed information on how to invoke it. -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://matthew.weierophinney.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] List archives: http://asgardsrealm.net/lurker/splash/index.html Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
