this is great! I want to go to fvwm (environment i used in school) because it
seemed so much more slick, and less bogged down....
ditto what shahla said, and thank you to laurel !!!! <GRIN>
kristin
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> Excerpts from linuxchix: 10-Nov-99 Re: [techtalk] netscape woes by
> Shahla [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > What if I decide not to use a desktop
> > environment at all? I was pretty happy with
> > plain old fvwm in a former life, but I don't
> > know how to get back there.
>
> So you'll want something like:
>
> ---cut here---
> fvwm
> ---cut here---
>
> or, since fvwm2 is better,
>
> ---cut here---
> fvwm2
> ---cut here---
>
> if you want to start up some programs, for example:
>
> ---cut here---
> xterm -g 80x24+0+0 & #starts an xterm in the top left corner
> xterm -g 80x24-0+0 & #starts an xterm in the top right corner
> fvwm2
> ---cut here---
>
> Basically, .xinitrc is a file that X (actually, xinit) runs. When you
> startx, it goes through each line and runs it, and X exits when it is
> done reading the file. That's why in the above example, the first two
> lines are backgrounded, and the last line is not. So, when you exit
> fvwm2, the window manager, X will exit as well. You can also do
> something like this:
>
> ---cut here---
> xterm -g 80x24-5+180 &
> xterm -g 80x24+1280+180 &
> xterm -g 80x24+0+1204 &
> xterm -g 80x24+1280+1204 &
>
> xclock -analog -hd violet -hl purple1 -bg black -fg white -geometry
> 120x120-1+1 &
> xsetroot -solid "#8075A0" &
> fvwm2 &
> exec xterm -C -g 80x10+0+0 -title CONSOLE -n CONSOLE
> ---cut here---
>
> Here, the windowmanager is backgrounded, and the last non-backgrounded
> program is my console xterm. So, when I exit the console xterm, X will
> exit, and I can exit my windowmanager without exiting X. Explaining the
> rest of it:, the four xterm commands at the top start xterms on my four
> virtual desktops (yes, I know there's a better way to do this), all
> underneath the console xterm (in the upper left corner), which shows up
> on all of the desktops, because I have "Style CONSOLE Sticky" in my
> .fvwm2rc. The xclock command starts up a clock in the upper right
> ccorner. The xsetroot command sets my background to a nice grayish
> purple color, and the last xterm command starts my console xterm (-C
> grabs console output).
>
> Note: If you use xdm and therefore don't have to type anything to start
> x, this is done through .xsession.
>
>
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