[ydl-gen] Alternative Window Managers

[John Frankish]

At 04:52 28-07-08, you wrote:
>On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:35:23 +0400
>John Frankish <frankish at dubai.oilfield.slb.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > ~/.xinitrc
> > exec /usr/bin/jwm &
> >
>
>Just tested it out to confirm
>
>use this in your .xinitrc:
>
>exec /usr/local/bin/jwm
>
>It will start right up.  This below is not needed:

No, jwm does not start with the above in .xinitrc - the usual E17 
window manager starts except with an error about nautilus


> > ~/.xserverrc
> > exec /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp
> >
>
>
> > Also, how do you exit the window manager to a console (not
> > <ctrl - alt - f1> as this leaves X running)?
> >
>
>jwm has an exit command in it's jwm menu.

Sure - I was speaking about E17, there does not seem to be a way to 
exit the window manager - you can shutdown, reboot, logout, but I 
have not found a way to exit to a prompt...


>Ron Rogers Jr. (CronoCloud)
>
>
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