RE: Alternate window manager
I would probably go with windowmaker, which is also downloadable via setup.exe -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Buttery Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 12:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Alternate window manager * Anthony Watts [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-06-09 07:50:43 -]: I would like to use X-windows that behave more like other unix platforms, e.g. can be resized by dragging the mouse on any edge or corner, also click on the top right hand corner to get full screen window. Is this possible with Cygwin Xfree86? If so is there an application note or documentation to explain how to do this? You answered your own question in the Subject: field of your email. :) The UI elements you're referring to are provided by the window manager; in this case, the venerable twm (which is the default window manager provided with Cygwin/XFree86). All you need to do is install a different window manager; I know at least fvwm (or is it fvwm2) is available via the setup program. KDE and GNOME also run under Cygwin, but you have to get them manually from their respective web sites. -- John# Buttery # Is that the cat? www.io.c# -- Jessie Scarlett om/~john#
RE: WMaker crashes when starting with startxwin.bat
Well I fixed the prob, I just added this to startxwin.bat REM Startup bash and run startx run bash --login -c startx Hope this helps someone else... Sergio -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Sergio Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 2:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: WMaker crashes when starting with startxwin.bat Hello, I have just installed cygwin and everything is working fine except for one small problem. When I start up cygwin and load up Xwin via bash everything is fine, I have 2 xterms popup and a clock. My xterms are set to start in my home dir. My problem is loading Xwin via startxwin.bat. I found this email in the archives, and the settings here fixed my Signal 11 Xwin problem, and Xwin loads up fine via the startxwin.bat, but when my xterms popup they don't have the HOME var set. I fixed this problem with the bash --login option. I know this is because /etc/profile isn't read in the .bat. Is there any way to have the /etc/profile read, because I have other little in there I would like to use. I could live without them, but I was just curious. Thanks, Sergio Hi Klaus yes, you're probably right. But now the tricky question: How can I change the windows home to point to my $HOME in cygwin to solve that problem? take my startxwin.bat as an example. Cygwin is installed on d:\cygwin. The only customized lines are SET HOME, SET CYGWIN_ROOT, the rest is standard startxwin.bat with different WM-calls REMmed on and off. HTH hjb @echo off D: SET DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0 SET HOME=/CYGDRIVE/D/cygwin/home/DV105 REM REM The path in the CYGWIN_ROOT environment variable assignment assume REM that Cygwin is installed in a directory called 'cygwin' in the root REM directory of the current drive. You will only need to modify REM CYGWIN_ROOT if you have installed Cygwin in another directory. For REM example, if you installed Cygwin in \foo\bar\baz\cygwin, you will need REM to change \cygwin to \foo\bar\baz\cygwin. REM REM This batch file will almost always be run from the same drive (and REM directory) as the drive that contains Cygwin/XFree86, therefore you will REM not need to add a drive letter to CYGWIN_ROOT. For example, you do REM not need to change \cygwin to c:\cygwin if you are running this REM batch file from the C drive. REM SET CYGWIN_ROOT=D:\cygwin SET PATH=.;%CYGWIN_ROOT%\bin;%CYGWIN_ROOT%\usr\X11R6\bin;%PATH% REM REM Cleanup after last run. REM if not exist %CYGWIN_ROOT%\tmp\.X11-unix\X0 goto CLEANUP-FINISH attrib -s %CYGWIN_ROOT%\tmp\.X11-unix\X0 del %CYGWIN_ROOT%\tmp\.X11-unix\X0 :CLEANUP-FINISH if exist %CYGWIN_ROOT%\tmp\.X11-unix rmdir %CYGWIN_ROOT%\tmp\.X11-unix REM REM Startup the X Server, the twm window manager, and an xterm. REM ... skipped if %OS% == Windows_NT goto OS_NT REM Windows 95/98/Me echo startxwin.bat - Starting on Windows 95/98/Me goto STARTUP :OS_NT REM Windows NT/2000/XP echo startxwin.bat - Starting on Windows NT/2000/XP :STARTUP REM REM Startup the programs REM REM Startup the X Server. REM start XWin %1 REM start XWin -fullscreen start XWin -rootless REM start XWin -broadcast REM Startup an xterm, using bash as the shell. REM run xterm -sl 1000 -sb -rightbar -ms red -fg yellow -bg black -e /usr/bin/bash REM setxkbmap de REM Startup the twm window manager. REM run twm REM run fvwm2 REM run openbox run wmaker xrdb -merge .Xresources REM Set a background color. REM run xsetroot -solid aquamarine4 exit
Re: WMaker crashes when starting with startxwin.bat
Hello, I have just installed cygwin and everything is working fine except for one small problem. When I start up cygwin and load up Xwin via bash everything is fine, I have 2 xterms popup and a clock. My xterms are set to start in my home dir. My problem is loading Xwin via startxwin.bat. I found this email in the archives, and the settings here fixed my Signal 11 Xwin problem, and Xwin loads up fine via the startxwin.bat, but when my xterms popup they don't have the HOME var set. I fixed this problem with the bash --login option. I know this is because /etc/profile isn't read in the .bat. Is there any way to have the /etc/profile read, because I have other little in there I would like to use. I could live without them, but I was just curious. Thanks, Sergio Hi Klaus yes, you're probably right. But now the tricky question: How can I change the windows home to point to my $HOME in cygwin to solve that problem? take my startxwin.bat as an example. Cygwin is installed on d:\cygwin. The only customized lines are SET HOME, SET CYGWIN_ROOT, the rest is standard startxwin.bat with different WM-calls REMmed on and off. HTH hjb @echo off D: SET DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0 SET HOME=/CYGDRIVE/D/cygwin/home/DV105 REM REM The path in the CYGWIN_ROOT environment variable assignment assume REM that Cygwin is installed in a directory called 'cygwin' in the root REM directory of the current drive. You will only need to modify REM CYGWIN_ROOT if you have installed Cygwin in another directory. For REM example, if you installed Cygwin in \foo\bar\baz\cygwin, you will need REM to change \cygwin to \foo\bar\baz\cygwin. REM REM This batch file will almost always be run from the same drive (and REM directory) as the drive that contains Cygwin/XFree86, therefore you will REM not need to add a drive letter to CYGWIN_ROOT. For example, you do REM not need to change \cygwin to c:\cygwin if you are running this REM batch file from the C drive. REM SET CYGWIN_ROOT=D:\cygwin SET PATH=.;%CYGWIN_ROOT%\bin;%CYGWIN_ROOT%\usr\X11R6\bin;%PATH% REM REM Cleanup after last run. REM if not exist %CYGWIN_ROOT%\tmp\.X11-unix\X0 goto CLEANUP-FINISH attrib -s %CYGWIN_ROOT%\tmp\.X11-unix\X0 del %CYGWIN_ROOT%\tmp\.X11-unix\X0 :CLEANUP-FINISH if exist %CYGWIN_ROOT%\tmp\.X11-unix rmdir %CYGWIN_ROOT%\tmp\.X11-unix REM REM Startup the X Server, the twm window manager, and an xterm. REM ... skipped if %OS% == Windows_NT goto OS_NT REM Windows 95/98/Me echo startxwin.bat - Starting on Windows 95/98/Me goto STARTUP :OS_NT REM Windows NT/2000/XP echo startxwin.bat - Starting on Windows NT/2000/XP :STARTUP REM REM Startup the programs REM REM Startup the X Server. REM start XWin %1 REM start XWin -fullscreen start XWin -rootless REM start XWin -broadcast REM Startup an xterm, using bash as the shell. REM run xterm -sl 1000 -sb -rightbar -ms red -fg yellow -bg black -e /usr/bin/bash REM setxkbmap de REM Startup the twm window manager. REM run twm REM run fvwm2 REM run openbox run wmaker xrdb -merge .Xresources REM Set a background color. REM run xsetroot -solid aquamarine4 exit
