Re: X and Window Mangers
On Tue, Apr 28, 1998 at 01:26:37AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> 1) ship an empty /etc/X11/window-managers with xbase
> 2) mark it as a conffile
> 3) separate twm into its own package
thanks!!!
> 4) write /usr/sbin/register-window-manager
>
> register-window-manager [pathname]
> [...]
>
> register-window-manager --add pathname
>
> register-window-manager --remove pathname
Nice! Thanks Branden!
> Of course, all window managers will have to depend on xbase for this to
> work. Is there any reasonable scenario in which a user would have a
> window manager installed but not xbase?
(predepend, isn't it?) Given the binaries provided by xbase -- BTW, some of
them are never used, I think -- I don't think you can run a WM without xbase
installed. OTOH, if the wm is provided over NFS, there's a chance of having
xbase (local) and wm (nfs mounted). That leads us into a pre-suggests (ugh!)
situation. pre because xbase has to be configured before WM. suggests
because it could run without xbase. I rather not see something like this
(it's the same situation with menu, and it can be handled the same way), and
I better get some coffee because I'm talking non-sense.
Marcelo
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