Re: X11

[Chris Lawrence <quango@watervalley.net>]

On Nov 09, Christian T. Steigies wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> 
> > I consider this trivial. 
> And still, people ask this. Ok, it was the first time, how often does it
> have to come until its a FAQ?
>  
> > I've never had to do that. I rather edit the X or gpm config files
> I was just citing the FAQ...
> > (isn't there a gpmconfig script?). But if you think a symlink is the way
> > to go, I'd suggest to add it to the initial system config either in
> > dbootstrap or on the first disk based boot. I'd opt for the latter, and
> > I'd also opt to prompt the user for the mouse device in case someone wants
> > to use a serial mouse. (Never set by default what you could prompt the
> > user for, and always byte compile as many emacs modules as possible)
> Id opt for an emacs modules that sets up your mouse, we all use emacs, dont
> we? No need for booring config scripts ;-)

OK, I've added the "ln" line to the unreleased FAQ, so it will go in
the next version.


Chris
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