Karl M. Hegbloom wrote: > I think you need to set the DISPLAY variable so your X windows > applications can find it. > export DISPLAY=:0.0 # belongs in ~/.profile (aka ~/.bash_profile)
This and *not* being root made a remarkable difference. I only started using X a couple of months ago because I had to have Netscape and refused to run it under Windows... what a wonderful world without Billys' big foot in it... now, some more 3d raised widgets to get rid of the remaining flat appearance and it'll even _all_ look good, not just Netscape, which I guess is what is refered to as the "Motif look". Even xconsole works, thanks to the "-file" arg... this is a great list, thanks all. Oh, and... > me, in another life form, then Karl: > > ---------- quote on ------------ > Also, xedit sucks, has anyone done xed ? I'm after any half decent editor > for x other than x-emacs, like, something with a GUI interface, like Notepad > for win31, (says he, as he bolts out the door and runs like hell... :) > ---------- end quote ----------- > > Emacs is the one true editor. It no longer sucks, it has grown up and > left home. It bathes daily, and collects its garbage. If you use it > daily, you will come to love it. After only 6 months of using Linux, > X-Windows and both forms of Emacs (FSF & Xemacs), my memories of MS > Windows seem like a dull fat pencil and wide ruled paper compared to a > Parker pen and fine stationery. (My handwriting and keyboarding skills > are improving.) What can I say !? It took me 12 months of ignoring it, an hour to download it, 5 minutes to unpack it.... less than 1 minute to say "yup, got me :-)". It's obviously obvious enough for a beginner and sophisticated enough for a veteran, perfect. Any other X beginners out there, take heed... Bastard, now I'll never get any sleep. -- Mark Constable (+61 7 55275724) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ion.com.au/linus/markc
