On Tue, Aug 08, 2000 at 11:06:57AM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote: > kmself@ix.netcom.com said: > > The above will add "emacs" into the list of available alternatives for > > "editor". By what divers black majik a particular application is chosen > > I'm not sure. > > Despite the claim at the top of --display's output, "auto" appears to be an > action rather than a state. When you execute `update-alternatives --auto > <name>`, the highest priority option is assigned to the link (in the case of > a tie, the first item listed with the highest priority is chosen, IIRC). > > However, this automatic selection can be overridden with `update-alternatives > --config <name>` to force a specific option - yet it continues to claim > "status is auto." > > > ...what is the "correct" way to have "wmaker" be "Current 'best' > > version"? > > The easy way would be > > update-alternatives --config x-window-manager > > and select wmaker from the list to be your default. THANK you, Dave! That's exactly what I was looking for. <rant> That's the option which the manpage, in its verbosity, fails to make clear. Ok, there is a paragraph buried at the end of the "DESCRIPTION" section, but it's a bit buried. Examples here would be very useful. </rant> -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks! http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0
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