Re: X and Window Mangers

To: Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
Cc: pfaffben@pilot.msu.edu, Branden Robinson <branden@purdue.edu>, Debian Developers <debian-devel@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Re: X and Window Mangers
From: Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@pilot.msu.edu>
Date: 28 Apr 1998 20:54:18 -0400
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In-reply-to: Joey Hess's message of Tue, 28 Apr 1998 17:11:09 -0700
References: <[🔎] Pine.LNX.3.96.980427230926.6305Q-100000@Wakko.ualberta.ca> <[🔎] 19980428012637.B3451@purdue.edu> <[🔎] 87ogxm5a0o.fsf@pfaffben.user.msu.edu> <[🔎] 19980428171109.B394@kitenet.net>

   > Could we instead have a default priority assigned to each window
   > manager?  So postinst scripts would run it like this:
   > 
   >    register-window-manager pathname priority

   You know, this looks like a job for update-alternatives. Maybe we should
   have a /usr/X11R6/bin/sensible-window-manager, or some such thing?

Actually I like that a lot better myself.  Could we do it that way
instead, Branden?


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