On Thu, Aug 26, 1999 at 12:52:02PM +1000, MURRAY, Paul wrote:
> > try http://www.plig.org/xwinman/
> >
>
> Cool. What role does a window manager serve? As far as I can make out, X
> enables an app to get "a rectangular area" and paint on it, and manages
> rectangular areas overlapping one another.
you can easily test what the windowmanager does, like this:
(make a new user: adduser user ; passwd user ; login as that user)
echo "xterm" > ~/.xinitrc
startx
start some app, see how it looks, and try whether it can be moved with the
mouse or not. also notice that X needs to be shut down with ctrl-alt-bs
> Lets say I try to install a different window manager this evening and trash
> the installation. Can I run netsape directly from X with
>
> X -usecluent /usr/something/netscape-navigator
>
> or similar? Or does a window manager provide facilities without which
> netscape cannot run?
try: X -h (scroll back with left-shift/pageup) and: man X
this is what want: X | netscape -display :0
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gr o e tjes, Albert.
