> c) There should be a wm-configure script which would be invoked
> by the hooks mechanism if it is implemented or issued by the
> admin otherwise. I've already shown an example for this script.
Hooks mechanism? Do you mean the postinst, or something else?
> If I remember correctly (I haven't bothered with this before) all
> window managers place the name of the executable in
> /etc/X11/window-managers. Although there is a prioritized ordering
> in the file there is no easy way to detect the default manager since
> the first manager that add itself to the file doesn't need to be the
> default.
That's correct.
> Now come up with proposals how to detect the default one. This
> must not break the current mechanism.
>
> . What about a blank line?
Hmm, not obvious to a sysadmin or user, but could be commented in the
file.
> . What about the default being placed before the comments?
Again, not necessarily so obvious.
> . Maybe re-use /etc/X11/config?
Eeks, no! That would be faaaaar too confusing. We only just got rid
of it.
Perhaps we could have the window-managers left as is, but with an
extra comment line:
# default: /usr/X11R6/bin/xwm
Julian
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