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Re: Windows programs in Cygwin/X ?
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 12:12:27AM -0500, Doug Bohl wrote:
> After much turmoil, I've managed to get a number of window managers
> running in Cygwin/X. What I'm wondering is this: Is it at all
> possible to allow my windows programs to be managed by my Cygwin/X
> window manager? Presently, if I'm in -fullscreen mode and I'm running
> some X programs, I'd have to alt+tab out of X and into explorer.
>
> If this isn't possible, what would I have to do to make it possible?
> Maybe write an X program to 'trap' the window of a Windows program
> into an invisible X window. Or something like that.
>
My approach is simply to run multiple desktops on my windows machine.
I dedicate one to Cygwin/X and use the others for Windows programs.
XP has a simple multi-desktop system that comes with it (I can't
remember what it's called though), I use V-Com's PowerDesk myself.
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Chris Green (chris@areti.co.uk)
"Never ascribe to malice that which can be explained by incompetence."
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