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Re: Change Window Manager
- From: Greg Freemyer <freemyer-ml at NorcrossGroup dot com>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: 15 Jul 2003 18:11:32 -0400
- Subject: Re: Change Window Manager
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- Reply-to: freemyer-ml at NorcrossGroup dot com
The simpliest way to start KDE is to just forget about the way you
currently start cygwin,XFree86, and twm.
Instead just click start---programs---KDE-cygwin....
No typing required.
Greg
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Greg Freemyer
On Tue, 2003-07-15 at 11:56, Charles E. Cooper wrote:
> OK,
> I'm not a cygwin expert, but use it to window into a solar machine for
> editting.
>
> I dislike the twm window manager as it doesn't let me change focus unless
> you click on the top of the window bar, which often gets buried when I have
> numerous windows open.
>
> I've been trying to experiment with another window manager, KDE, but
> haven't figured out where twm is started up.
>
> I edited the ".xinitrc" file and the "startx.1" file without changing anything.
>
> I usually start CYGWIN under Windows 2000 and then type "startx" to bring
> up the window manager.
>
> Can anyone give me some guidance on this?
>
> Chuck
>
> Charles E. Cooper
> Applied Research Laboratory
> The Pennsylvania State University
> (814) 865-6829 (Swift Office)
> (814) 865-2020
> ccooper@psu.edu
>