Re: How does one ACTUALLY start using Window Maker?
Robert Hamilton <[email protected]>
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Chris Croome <chris <at> webarchitects.co.uk> writes: > > > Why not 0.91 form DAG (both work fine, 0.91 has anti-aliasing and > some other nice features though...)? > DAG DOESN'T have a Wmaker 0.91 RPM for RedHat 9 (see earlier recent posts about this.) I was reluctant to try to build one myself from source at this point. Was advised in replies to earlier posts that I might mess up older programs if I installed my own build due to dependency changes, etc. So, I'm stuck with 0.81 for the time being. > > You need to create a ~/.xinitrc file, I have this in mine (this also > launches the screensaver and ssh-agent): > > xscreensaver & > exec ssh-agent sh -c 'ssh-add < /dev/null & RunWM --WindowMaker' > > Just use this if you don't need ssh-agent or a screensaver: > > exec RunWM --WindowMaker > > This uses /usr/X11R6/bin/RunWM to launch windowmaker. > > Chris > Thanks Chris. I'll try something like this tonight! _______________________________________________ INFO: https://windowmaker.org/lists/listinfo/wm-user ARCHIVE: https://windowmaker.org/lists/archive/wm-user/ FAQ: http://windowmaker.org/faq.html