Re: installing a window manager - help please - answers to helpersquestions

[Ian . McIntosh]

Right, I finally managed to get somewhere.  Not with fvwm, but at least
with a window manager, openbox.  In the end I had to:

- edit startx so that
defaultserverargs=""
because otherwise by default it will open in multiwindow mode which will
conflict with any window manager,

and then

- provide a C:\.xinitrc file which just contains
exec openbox

I then got overconfident and tried to configure, make and install fvwm2
(the latest version, which is required if you want to use fvwm-themes), and
it wasn't looking good so I decided I was being a bit fancy and cut my
losses, reverting back to openbox.  Maybe later.

Thanks for the help anyway guys.
cheers,
Ian



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Re: installing a window manager - help please - answers to helpersquestions

[Ian . McIntosh]

>I'm a little confused by the copying of xterms and the reflection of
commands between xterms.

>what happens when you try "xterm &" in a x-term window?

It generates another two xterms, i.e. one embedded in the background and
one completely separate window; again, they mirror each other, even to the
point that if I drag the separate one around, the embedded one moves within
the background.  Weird huh.

cheers,
Ian



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