On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Manny Styles wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Matt Stegman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 8:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Changing the Window Manager
>
>
> > > Steve wants to know how to start a different window manager from the
> command
> > > line, not from within KDE (or booting to initlevel 5).
> >
> > Right, that's what `desktopcfg` does. Well, kind of. It is a console
> > utility that allows you to change your default desktop- your choices are
> > GNOME, KDE, AfterStep, or "Plain X11" which means fvwm2, I think. If you
> > run desktopcfg as root you may change the system default.
> >
> > And since you asked...
> > Another way to change the window manager that starts when you run `startx`
> > is to put a command in ~/.xinitrc. This file is a shell script run
> > after X has started (it is usually what loads a window manager).
> > `desktopcfg` uses this file to start your window manager (WM). You may
> > safely delete this, and specify your own script. Mine follows:
> >
> > #/home/matthead/.xinitrc
> > exec kde
> >
> > I think that I'm going to replace "exec kde" with "exec enlightenment" as
> > I'm tired of KDE, and would like to use Enlightenment for a while. The
> > only thing I don't like is that you can't move windows around in the
> > pager (a point for AfterStep, 'cause you can in there!)... but that's
> > off-topic.
Only a little, ;) try the enlightenment from cooker 0.16 will implement /
does implement, the ability to drag apps around in the pager from desktop
to desktop, aswell as around the virtual desktop. Just don't drop them
between pagers, they haven't fixed it to snap them back where they were so
they wind up disapearing
> > Yet another way to specify a window manager to run with X is by appending
> > it to `xinit` (`startx` is a shell script that runs `xinit` with some
> > default arguments). Try, for instance, `xinit /usr/bin/enlightenment`
> > This will start X and then run the Enlightenment WM. Because of the way
> > `xinit` interprets your arguments, you have to specify the full path to
> > the program you wish to run in X (it doesn't _have_ to be a WM). It
> > doesn't even matter if the path to the program is in $PATH. If you're
> > interested in the why, try `man xinit`.
> >
> > Which window managers are included with Mandrake? Here's a few (I
> > installed the extra window managers package, so all these may not be on
> > your system):
> > /usr/bin/enlightenment
> > /usr/bin/gnome-session
> > /usr/bin/kde
> > /usr/X11R6/bin/AnotherLevel
> > /usr/X11R6/bin/afterstep
> > /usr/X11R6/bin/fvwm
> > /usr/X11R6/bin/fvwm2
> > /usr/X11R6/bin/wmaker
> >
> > I'm sure there are more. Also, gnome-session starts GNOME, which is not a
> > window manager, but rather a "desktop environment." This includes
> > the panel, the right-click menu on the desktop, the icons, and more.
> > GNOME uses Enlightenment as it's WM by default, but can be configured to
> > use WindowMaker, or some other WM I can't remember right now. The same
> > goes for KDE, execpt that I don't think you can successfully use any
> > WM other than kwm, which is KDE's default.
> >
> > This is probably much more information than you ever cared to know, but
> > it's still not all! However, I'll bet `desktopcfg` is plenty for most
> > people. The thing is, if you want more control over what happens when you
> > start X, well, you've got it. This is one of many advantages that Linux
> > has over Windows: the freedom of choice. For any given task, there are
> > usually several different ways to accomplish it, each with it's own unique
> > advantages & disadvantages. This means you can find the best way to get a
> > job done- you're not locked into someone else's idea of "the best way,"
> > like you are with proprietary systems (Microsoft being only the most
> > prominent).
> >
> > -Matt Stegman
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> >
> >
> For myself, thank you. That is exactly what I wanted to know.
>
> Manny Styles
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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