On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 12:48:01PM +0530, Shridhar Daithankar wrote:
> On 13 Aug 2003 at 12:28, Logu wrote:
> > How can I switch from one window manager to other. I am running Windowmaker
> > and there is a menu option to start other window manager (ex Icewm) on a
> > session. But I do not know how to come back to Windowmaker from Icewm. When
> > I run 'wmaker' in command line in Icewm, I get a message saying "already a
> > window manager running". How this is done in Windowmaker to switch to Icewm.
> > How can I do it in command line so that all session is preserved as such.
> > I dont want to close the session and start the other window manager, it
> > should done in a session.
>
> Put wmaker in ~/.xinitrc and restart X. Similarly for ICEWM..
No.
What he wants is to preserve his applications/windows and change the window manager.
That's possible.
I don't remember for icewm but for windowmaker, put the following line in the 'Exit'
section of ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WMRootMenu
("Start IceWM", RESTART, icewm),
Now, (after restarting wmaker, which again can be done without exiting), use the
right mouse (under normal settings for right-handed people), you'll get a menu,
go to the Exit section, then then you will see the above line "Start IceWM", which
you should select. Voila!
You can do similar things for starting KDE etc. What's more, you can even define
keyboard
shortcuts!
Check icewm manuals to find how to do this in icewm. Used to do this a lot when I felt
like changing the environment during long sessions, without having to shutdown the
current
session, switching between wmaker and icewm.
KDE doesn't allow this :(
--
jaju
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