>> 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

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