-mwextwm works but -multiwindow does not
luke.kendall@cisra.canon.com.au
luke.kendall@cisra.canon.com.au
Fri May 28 09:27:00 GMT 2004
On 4 May, Harold L Hunt II wrote:
> No, you are not supposed to be using -mwextwm nor -multiwindow. Both of
> these parameters are intended to be used with a Windows-based window
> manager; -multiwindow starts this window manager automatically while
> -mwextwm relies on you to manually launch "xwinwm" (available in the
> xwinwm package for Cygwin) and since you are probably not launching
> xwinwm you are not having problems with trying to run two window
> managers in that case.
>
> You need to be using either -rootless or -nodecoration (try each and
> decide which you like).
Where is the best place to read up on all this? I had a look at
http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/configure-cygwin-x-options.html but
couldn't see a mention of -mwextwm.
I'm trying to work out a way to configure our setups so that it's easy
for individual users to choose between running rooted and using
..xinitrc, or rootless (if I can put it that way).
Is "xwinwm" a synonym for the Windows window manager?
If I start with -nodecoration and stick "exec xwinwm" in my .xinitrc,
will I get a rootless bunch of windows managed by Windows?
If I want a rootless bunch of windows managed by wmaker, can I still do
that?
luke
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