>> E.g. I use XFCE and haven't bothered to arrange for ctwm to be started >> properly, so every time I log in I have to do the funny dance: >> >> pkill xfwm4; ctwm& > > A quick glance at the code suggests that xfwm4 handles the ICCCM > window manager selection stuff, so `ctwm --replace` seems like it > could work.
Yes it does. But my fingers keep writing the pkill thingy. In any case, my point was just that nowadays the window-manager is usually not the "session process", so it can be killed/restarted without fear and without the need to use an `xterm` in its place. Stefan