Re: More than one window manager?
Michael Beattie wrote:
>
> On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, David Fletcher wrote:
>
> > Is there any way to set up default window managers on a user by user
> > basis?
> >
> > I would like to use a different window manager than I've trained my wife
> > on, but she gets mad when I change how the computer "works" so I'd like
> > to set it up so that when she logs on she'll get what she is used to,
> > but when I log on I want to get whatever I was playing with last.
> >
> > Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > David Fletcher
>
> Use a .xsession or .xinitrc file in your wife's home directory.. put
> something like so: (This is mine, an .xsession file - You also have to
> have "allow-user-xsession" in /etc/X11/config)
>
> Oh yeah, make .xsession executable.
>
> ----------------- ~/.xsession
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> # Put stuff here you want loaded each X session. (use a '&' after each
> # item except windowmanager below)
>
> # start windowmanager
> exec [windowmanager] <--- your wm, i.e.: icewm, afterstep, kde etc...
>
> -----------------
>
> Michael Beattie (mickyb@es.co.nz)
>
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Does this allow you to override /etc/Xll/window-managers ?
I thought it defaulted to the first one it found in that list.
I'll give it a try.
Thanks,
David Fletcher
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