On 4 May, Harold L Hunt II wrote: > No, you are not supposed to be using -mwextwm nor -multiwindow. Both of > these parameters are intended to be used with a Windows-based window > manager; -multiwindow starts this window manager automatically while > -mwextwm relies on you to manually launch "xwinwm" (available in the > xwinwm package for Cygwin) and since you are probably not launching > xwinwm you are not having problems with trying to run two window > managers in that case. > > You need to be using either -rootless or -nodecoration (try each and > decide which you like).
Where is the best place to read up on all this? I had a look at http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/configure-cygwin-x-options.html but couldn't see a mention of -mwextwm. I'm trying to work out a way to configure our setups so that it's easy for individual users to choose between running rooted and using ..xinitrc, or rootless (if I can put it that way). Is "xwinwm" a synonym for the Windows window manager? If I start with -nodecoration and stick "exec xwinwm" in my .xinitrc, will I get a rootless bunch of windows managed by Windows? If I want a rootless bunch of windows managed by wmaker, can I still do that? luke
