On Thursday 03 July 2003 01:54, Amin wrote: > Hello, > > On Wed, 2 Jul 2003 19:40:53 +1200, cr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There *used* to be, in RedHat 7.2 or thereabouts, a 'Desktop switcher' > > app. It required a restart of X for it to take effect. But I can't > > seem to find it in Debian 3.0. > > > > cr > > I don't know how much this'll help, but I have three fully functional > window managers/environments (a.k.a. IceWM, GNOME, KDE) that I run > depending on my needs, and here's the file I use to switch between them: > > $ more .Xclients-default > exec icewm || exec xterm -fn 7x14 > #exec startkde || exec xterm -fn 7x14 > #exec gnome-session || exec xterm -fn 7x14 > $ > > As you can probably tell, IceWM is my favorite. > > BTW, `.Xclients-default' is actually called from another file, at least on > my system: > > $ more .Xclients > #!/bin/bash > > # Created by Red Hat Desktop Switcher > > if [ -e "$HOME/.Xclients-$HOSTNAME$DISPLAY" ]; then > exec $HOME/.Xclients-$HOSTNAME$DISPLAY > else > exec $HOME/.Xclients-default > fi > $ > > I guess this is more flexible, but if you want, you could bypass the > convolution and put your GNOME/KDE starting commands in `.Xclients'. These > files are shell scripts, of course, and they are a feature of the X Window > System. > > The reason I'm bringing this up is that, seeing as controlling desktop > environments/WMs is more of an X issue, people ought to know that there's a > standard way they can do it in all distros, regardless of whether the > command-line/graphical tools are available (or not). The standard > (command-line and graphical) tool, is, of course, `switchdesk'. No > surprise: `switchdesk' is itself (mostly) a shell script! > > One last thing: I read in this thread that someone's been trying to use > KDE's window manager with GNOME. Please save yourself the headache! > > HTH, > Yawar Amin
Thanks for that! Incidentally, though I've always used a weird mixture of Gnome and KDE apps, I've never felt tempted to use the KDE windowmanager under Gnome. cr - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
