Chris Jones wrote: > Hi, > > I have not run a full WM myself, but a number of ports have notes giving so > guidelines on how. e.g. > > Titan ~ > port notes fvwm2 > fvwm2 has the following notes: > If this is your first install of an alternative WM, these steps > may be helpful: > $ mkdir ~/.xinitrc.d > $ cat >~/.xinitrc.d/99-wm.sh > #!/bin/sh > exec fvwm > ^D > $ chmod +x .xinitrc.d/99-wm.sh > $ open /Applications/Utilities/XQuartz.app > > you can probably adapt the above for other WMs. > > looking at the above, it also seems they implicitly assumed you have > configured your X11 server to open in full-screen mode (which you can do > from the Preferences for it).
Just a warning: you can set full screen mode in XQuartz's preferences and, a long time ago (X11.app days), that would make it start in full screen mode. More recently, however, you actually have to enter Command-Alt-A to toggle into full screen mode after XQuartz starts. It doesn't take over the screen automatically when starting. I assume this behaviour is the same in Mojave as well but I'm guessing. cheers, raf > good luck > Chris > > On 16/04/2019 10:55 am, henry wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > > > I switched from a Linux-PC to a MacOS Mojave laptop. > > So now I wish to switch from my old Linux Desktop to a brand-new > > full-screen desktop running on MacOSX/XQuartz. > > The reason is that I need a REAL unix-like desktop when I am at work (I am > > an engineer, I work on remote machines via ssh + Xterminal + remote > > programs written in Motif/QT) > > > > I successfully installed KDE 4 with Macports, but unfortunately you cannot > > use it in this way (I confirmed it with the maintainer): the KDE desktop, I > > mean the KDE Windows Manager, has not been ported to work in XQuartz: you > > can just open several standalone applications (KTerminal, Konqueror and so > > on) but only on the Mac Desktop: you can have Apple Mail and KMail in the > > same window -- I couldn't care less :( > > > > So I installed XFCE with Macports. The installation finished successfully. > > Do you have any idea if I can start a XFCE desktop on XQuartz ? > > I added: > > exec startxfce > > to my .xinitrc, like I did on Linux, but XQuartz refuses to start ... > > I am afraid it's incompatible, too ... > > > > > > Is there anyone using XFCE as a "Linux/Unix-like full screen desktop" on > > Mojave ? > > > > > > Thanks, > > Henry > >
