On Monday 10 May 2004 10:43 am, Jonathan Daugherty wrote: > # I'm trying to configure .xinitrc so I can choose which window > # manager to use on a whim, and of course there must be a > # default. Here is my current version: > > If putting it in .xinitrc doesn't work (and I don't know of a way to > have startx pass args to .xinitrc), then instead, move your .xinitrc > to a script -- say ~/bin/startx -- which you run, like > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ startx wmaker > > where ~/bin comes before /usr/bin/X11 in your PATH. �Your ~/bin/startx > might either create ~/.xinitrc using a stub config or call startx with > some voodoo which has not yet been identified.
Hmm. Yeah, you're right. I'm not crazy about using a display manager, because they get in my way, and don't provide a way to log out of X to the console. Maybe scripting something using xinit would be a cleaner way to begin. I love the comment at the beginning of startx: #This is just a sample implementation of a slightly less primitive # interface than xinit. ... # Site administrators are STRONGLY urged to write nicer versions. Um, OK! Someday I will devote my life to untangling the eleventy-eight million files and scripts that X needs to run, and write a nicer startx. :) -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Carla Schroder this message brought to you by Libranet 2.8 and Kmail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _______________________________________________ PDXLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pdxlug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdxlug
