Re: Fw: feedback on a configuration package for X11/ctwm|twm
On Sun, 22 Jul 2007, John S. Urban wrote: I have had a good number of friends and associates ask for a copy of a directory that sets up and starts X11 with the ctwm or twm window manager for CygWin. Enough so, that I put a copy of the directory into a uuencoded file at cygstart http://home.comcast.net/~urbanjost/CYGWIN/index.html This does sound interesting... [snip] There are a lot of other goodies in the configuration that bring often-overlooked cygwin/X11/ctwm|twm features to your fingertips, such as ... under the menus left-mouse--Other Window Managers -- are options to start almost all the standard window managers in new server instances independently or via Xnest. I was looking for feedback on whether this is of enough general interest that I should spiff it up and turn it into a CygWin package. I believe most of the menu items are self-explanatory; but they introduce people new (or not so new) to CygWin to how cygstart(1), dialog(1), XNest(1) and other utilities can be integrated with CygWin/X11 features too often overlooked to create a very complete user environment. You should certainly feel free to propose a Cygwin package with your modifications (as long as it does not overwrite existing configuration). See http://cygwin.com/setup.html for instructions on packaging for Cygwin. Since you are already providing a web site with this information, you can also add a setup configuration (setup.ini and directory structure) to allow people to install and test your package directly off your site by adding it as a mirror in Cygwin setup. Another option is to try integrating it with the X-startup-scripts and X-start-menu-icons packages, though I don't recall who maintains them, and whether they are as maintainer-less as Cygwin/X itself. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_Igor Peshansky, Ph.D. (name changed!) |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' old name: Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! Belief can be manipulated. Only knowledge is dangerous. -- Frank Herbert -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Fw: feedback on a configuration package for X11/ctwm|twm
I have had a good number of friends and associates ask for a copy of a directory that sets up and starts X11 with the ctwm or twm window manager for CygWin. Enough so, that I put a copy of the directory into a uuencoded file at cygstart http://home.comcast.net/~urbanjost/CYGWIN/index.html Along with the expected .twmrc file are a large number of scripts. One relatively unique aspect of the configuration is that all the files to set up X11 resources, to provide scripts used by the menu options, and to configure the startup of X11 are all contained in a single directory so that the use of this configuration will not interfere with any other setups you have. One favorite feature seems to be my configuration of xterm windows. Xterm windows have a number of useful features that are often underutilized because they are not configured in the default settings. In this configuration a default xterm will have a large scrollbar buffer already set up, and gives you easy access to window manager functions and smooth scrolling: XTerm Alt-key actions #--#-#-# | vi-like scrolling| font size change| Other | #--#-#-# | e up one line| + bigger | t toggle logging | | y down one line | - smaller | (if allowed) | | u up half page | N text size N=[0-6] | s secure | | d down half page | | | | b backward full page | | | | f forward full page | | | #--#-#-# | Window Manager Ops | Cut and Paste | | i iconify | Mouse1 mark | | m maximize| double-click Mouse1 mark word | | r restore | triple-click Mouse1 mark line | | | Mouse2 paste | | | Mouse3 extend mark | #--#---# | Ctrl-mouse1 - main menu | | Ctrl-mouse2 - VT options | | Ctrl-mouse3 - font menu | #--# A number of shell scripts will also be in the default search path (assuming you have a relatively new xterm(1) ): FONT SIZE: fixedchange font size fixed 10# change to 10-point font fixed 10 0 # list all 10-point fonts fixed 10 3 # pick 3rd 10-point font [0-6]Pick from default xterm font menu (ctrl-mouse3). up Pick next larger font from default font menu down Pick next smaller font from default font menu WINDOW SIZE: full make xterm size of display. full # maximize xterm full 10 # change to 10-point font and maximize. fullback undo the change done by a simple full(1) 132 make screen 132 columns wide 80 make screen 80 columns wide smallchange to a 80x24 small font window small # make size change, leave current font small [0-6] # also change to standard font 0-6 small OTHER # pass OTHER to fixed(1) tall make window as tall as display WINDOW MANAGER: icon iconify/un-iconify xterm raiseraise xterm window on display lowerlower xterm window on display kolorchange background and foreground color kolor # show all background colors kolor background_color kolor background_color foreground_color There are a lot of other goodies in the configuration that bring often-overlooked cygwin/X11/ctwm|twm features to your fingertips, such as ... under the menus left-mouse--Other Window Managers -- are options to start almost all the standard window managers in new server instances independently or via Xnest. I was looking for feedback on whether this is of enough general interest that I should spiff it up and turn it into a CygWin package. I believe most of the menu items are self-explanatory; but they introduce people new (or not so new) to CygWin to how cygstart(1), dialog(1), XNest(1) and other utilities can be integrated with CygWin/X11 features too often overlooked to create a very complete user environment. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html
