Pray tell, what are you talking about? Tuesday, February 11, 20037:22 PMJerry Yeagerjerry at browseryshop.com
>If you've tried the new version of Apple's X11, you might be wondering >what happened to the aqua windows you are used to... because the new >version looks just like X11 (the flat ugly shade of green border, no >candy colored buttons etc.). This is because the new X11 version is >using the twm window manager. > >You can change X11 to use the quartz window manager and get back those >gummy-bear drops by editing the xinitrc file. You just have to find it. > >If you have used a X11 non-Apple type program before (oh, say XFree86 >or the like) then your xinitrc file will most likely be in the ~/ >directory. So fire up Terminal and do the following: >cd ~/ and press the return key. >ls -la and press the return key. > >A directory listing should show up. One of the files should be there >called .xinitrc >[this step is necessary to make sure the file is in this directory. If >it is not then skip down to the version for new Apple X11 users] > >sudo pico .xinitrc and press the return key. > > >If you have only used the Apple X11 programs, then fire up Terminal and >do the following: >cd /etc/X11/xinit/ and press the return key. >sudo pico xinitrc and press the return key. > >Please note the differences between the two types there! Apple's stock >new version does not have the . in the name. > > >Pico should start up and let you make the editing changes you need to >make. > >Move the cursor to the front of the line that has: twm & >and put a # at the very front so that the line looks like: ># twm & > >Go to the end of the line and press return and type in the following > >quartz-wm & > >So that the two lines look like: ># twm & >quartz-wm & > >Then hold down the control key and type o then hit return <--- this, >in UNIX lingo, would be called type cntl+o >Then type cntrl+x >Now start X11 running and you have "aqua-fied" X11 Windows again. If >you don't like the way they look, move the # from the line # twm & to >the line quartz-wm & save and restart X11 and you are back to the older >X11 environment. > > > Jerry > >p.s. There are lots of other things you can do in this initrc file, but >that's for another email. Maybe someone else would like to share some >thoughts on that... > > > >| The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >| be February 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
