aterm refresh bug

2004-08-18 Thread Ian . McIntosh
Hi, Has anybody fixed or found a solution or workaround to the aterm refresh bug, where a transparent aterm window will only display typed characters and output once you drag or resize the window? I've seen some discussion of it in messages here, but nothing to hint at an answer. I've also

Re: installing a window manager - help please - answers to helpersquestions

2004-08-10 Thread Ian . McIntosh
Right, I finally managed to get somewhere. Not with fvwm, but at least with a window manager, openbox. In the end I had to: - edit startx so that defaultserverargs= because otherwise by default it will open in multiwindow mode which will conflict with any window manager, and then - provide a

installing a window manager - help please

2004-08-09 Thread Ian . McIntosh
Hi, I'm feeling pretty frustrated and stupid at the moment, because after 3 days of installing/reinstalling cygwin, trying to install various window managers like fvwm, and trying the various configurations and start methods of same, I can't get so much as a basic window manager started with the

Re: installing a window manager - help please - answers to helpers questions

2004-08-09 Thread Ian . McIntosh
Ok, thankyou to all the replies so far - I appreciate it very much. It's still not working but here are the answers to your questions: - From Ken Dibble - Immediately after you do the install (i.e. before you make changes), what happens when you

Re: installing a window manager - help please - answers to helpersquestions

2004-08-09 Thread Ian . McIntosh
I'm a little confused by the copying of xterms and the reflection of commands between xterms. what happens when you try xterm in a x-term window? It generates another two xterms, i.e. one embedded in the background and one completely separate window; again, they mirror each other, even to the