on Thu, Dec 28, 2000 at 05:50:44PM +0100, Holger Rauch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello! > > After having migrated to Debian 2.2, one feature I found particularly > interesting is it's alternative system. Since it can easily be used to > change the default window manager (using it in conjunction with > "x-window-manger") I'm wondering whether it only changes the > system-wide default window manager, or whether update-alternatives can > be used on a per-user basis, so that each user can selected his/her > preferred window manager? Or does an ordinary user have to resort to > the "traditional" way of editing ".xinitrc" and adding an "exec" line > for the window manager he/she wants to use?
The latter. Though you could set up, as a user, a ~/bin and/or ~/etc/alternatives and manage the process on your own. I'd skip the local alternatives and just set up my redirects in ~/bin. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ Evangelist, Zelerate, Inc. http://www.zelerate.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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