On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 6:01 PM Storkman <stork...@storkman.xyz> wrote: > > > > On May 14, 2019 10:37:57 AM UTC, Enan Ajmain <3nan.ajm...@gmail.com> wrote: > >Thanks. It worked. > > > >I've added `wmname LG3D` in xinitrc, but it doesn't work for some > >reason. But I invoked in manually from bash before launching logisim > >and it worked fine. I don't care about xinitrc, because I would have > >liked to use this method only for that one application only anyway. > > Perhaps because you're not using xinit to start X?
I am using xinit. I login my account after booting and launch `startx`. Isn't that the default way that xinit is supposed to be used? > >I have checked the page for wmname in suckless.org and found this > >method listed there. Would you mind explaining what LG3D is and why > >this was chosen as opposed to anything else? And one more thing, if I > >invoke `wmname LG3D` from one bash instance, it would not manipulate > >the other windows, right? > > As the suckless.org page states, it is a property of the root window, so no. > It will affect everything forever... until you restart X, or change the > property again. > > That being said, I've had wmname LG3D in my .xinitrc for years now, and it's > never interfered with anything as far as I can tell. > > As for what "LG3D" is, apparently it used to be some wacky Java 3D window > manager back in the magical times when that sounded like a good idea. > > > -- > Storkman >
