Re: [OT] True console in X?

[Lance Simmons <lance@lsimmons.net>]

On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 01:06:23AM -0500, ktb wrote:

> What would be ideal is to be able to emulate the look of console in X
> and run that on one or more workspaces.

Use uwm as your window manager, edit the uwmrc.hook file to make
the borders black and one or two pixels wide, and get rid of the
title bar entirely. Edit the uwmrc-ws.hook file so you have a
black desktop on the workspaces where you want your "consoles".

edit the uwm appmenu files to set up a main menu entry for xterm
or rxvt or whatever so that it starts up with a black
background, no scrollbar, and font the size you want, and
already the right window size.  (Read the documentation for
terminal application you choose.)

If you set it up right, it will look like a real console. You
can switch workspaces easily, and normal x-window cut and paste
works between workspaces. 

I prefer something more colorful, but if that's what you want
it'd be easy enough to do.

What makes it work is that uwm lets you have a window border as
narrow as a single pixel, and doesn't require a title bar.

Lance Simmons