[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks for the reply! > > >> On the default setup, closing that window shuts X down. The name of >> that xterm is set to be "login" via a flag. Check out >> /usr/X11R6/etc/xinit/xinitrc, which sets that behavior. >> > > > >>> Also, when loading apps, they don't appear right away, i need to click >>> the xdarwin xterm window before the app appears. Is this standard? >>> (The app is appearing on a non-mirrored external monitor vis dvi (macbook)). >>> >>> >> That's a function of the window manager. It sounds like you're using >> the default (twm) window manager. In other window managers the >> application windows open automatically. >> > > I've copied xinitrc to $HOME/.xinitrc and modified it slightly: > > --- > # start some nice programs > > #twm & > #xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 & > #xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 & > #xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 & > #exec xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login > > . /sw/bin/init.sh > xterm & > exec enlightenment > ---- > > I'm just installing another wm now - enlightenment. which other window > managers can i use? I just want to run a couple of xapps as quickly > as possible, with the minimum fuss, so I can use the app. Do you have > any recommendations? > > I see some references to a quartz-wm manager - is this apple's wm? I > guess this only works for apple's X11 app? > > Nope, you can use it with XDarwin from the current xorg and xfree86 packages, too. > Also, are there any disadvantages to running standard terminal > commands via xterm? Will there be any noticable speed difference? Or > can I just load xdarwin with xterm and use the xterm as if it were > Terminal.app? > > Thanks again! > I've never noticed a particular speed difference between using X11 terminals and Terminal.app. Personally, I tend to use Terminal.app because I like the option to have unlimited scrollback. Maybe one of the X11 terminals offers that, but I haven't found out about it.
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