Joshua Swink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 05:07:04PM -0500, Jamin Collins wrote:
> > Joshua Swink [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> > > But more importantly, I think window managers should be interchangeable
> > > at the drop of a hat (correct me if I'm wrong). And with Blackbox and
> > > these external goodies like the slit, you have to modify .xinitrc beyond
> > > just changing the final "exec" line. Adding some sort of "runme" list in
> > > BB's rc file would fix that, and shouldn't raise any creeping
> > > featurism fears.
> >
> > And why not just create a script that contains everything you want have
> > started with BB and exec it?
>
> Indeed, that is what I'm forced to do. Any script that changes the
> window manager, such as xwmconfig, will have to make a special case
> for Blackbox or risk discarding these extra programs.
No, if you create a script called "bb" which contains all the stuff that
you would otherwise put in your ~/.xinitrc, including the "exec
blackbox", and then enter "exec bb" (assuming that script is in your
$PATH), that would just behave as any other window-manager for all
purposes, no?
-Jan
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