multiwindow mode

2003-02-11 Thread J S
I've started to find that a lot of the X apps we use in our company actually work better in multiwindow mode. For example, one application we have was practically unusable before because some of the pop up windows it opened were greater in size than the desktop, and these windows didn't have

FW: file manager xfm, or similar for xfree86 under cygwin

2003-02-11 Thread Cary Lewis
Hello, I am trying to locate a graphical file manager for Xfree86 running under cygwin I have tried to compile xfm 1.4.3 and got it working under xfree86 under cygwin, but it does not allow access to non cygwin directories. It complains saying Directory is Unreadable. /cygdrive doesn't

Re: multiwindow mode

2003-02-11 Thread Harold L Hunt II
JS, Applications can have problems reading information about the screen size (which comes from the X Server itself) or understanding the Window Manager hints about the size of the window borders, etc. Those problems could be because the author of those applications did not pay enough

RE: file manager xfm, or similar for xfree86 under cygwin

2003-02-11 Thread Vince Hoffman
out of interest what happens if you mount c: /cygdrivec ? (ie can it handle mount points rather than symlinks) -Original Message- From: Cary Lewis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 11 February 2003 21:29 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FW: file manager xfm, or similar for xfree86

Re: FW: file manager xfm, or similar for xfree86 under cygwin

2003-02-11 Thread David Huang
Cary Lewis write: Hello, I am trying to locate a graphical file manager for Xfree86 running under cygwin I have tried to compile xfm 1.4.3 and got it working under xfree86 under cygwin, but it does not allow access to non cygwin directories. It complains saying Directory is Unreadable.