Re: Putting applications in Xwindows
Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
>
> Thanks, I will try that next. What is funny is that only the "debian box" appears gray -I
> have afterstep running-, and I can click on it: nothing happens. Any other box is not gray,
> has "something". I already tried dpkg -r <package>; apt-get install <same package>, but
> still no life to the gray box. I will see what happens.
>
Ah; you're using AfterStep. I never could figure out how to use that wm
('course, I never bothered to read the documentation, either). I'm
content with icewm, so I haven't experimented much with other wms.
Okay, AfterStep users, can you help Antonio out here?
> Kent West wrote:
>
> > Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
> > >
> > > Yes I do. I have installed several of them: icewm, fvwm, enlightenment, afterstep,etc
> > >
> > > Pollywog wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Sun, 21 May 2000, Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
> > > > > I got my Xwindows going with functioning mouse, the only problem is that
> > > > > I don't have any applications accessible from there, even xterm isn't
> > > > > there! I suposse that it hapenned because I installed all the
> > > > > applications first, and then only my Xsystem. How do I make them visible
> > > > > from there?
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Antonio.
> >
> > I'm no expert, but here's a brief rundown of my understanding.
> >
> > Desktop icons are not part of window managers, but they are part of
> > "environments", such as KDE or Gnome, so if you're looking for desktop
> > icons, that's the direction to look.
> >
> > If you're wanting items on your menu, such as in icewm, there are
> > definition files for each item. When packages are installed they place a
> > menu definition file in /usr/lib/menu. SysAdmins can override these
> > menus by placing new files in /etc/menu, and individual users can set up
> > their own menus by placing files in ~/.menu. (See the README in
> > /usr/lib/menu.)
> >
> > I would check /usr/lib/menu to see if there are any files in there. If
> > not, then I figure you can do one of three things: 1) manually create a
> > file for each menu item you want, 2) reinstall each package you want a
> > menu item for, or 3) upgrade your system, and each package that is
> > upgraded should create a menu item file.
> >
> > "menu-update" might have to be run in order to update the menus from the
> > menu definition files, and you might have to restart your window manager
> > to get it to see the new menu item.
> >
> > Again, I'm no expert, and I'm not positive that this is the way things
> > work, but it might point you in the right direction.
>
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