Re: changing window managers in debian 6.0.4

[Indulekha <indulekha@theunworthy.com>]

Dan Hitt <dan.hitt@gmail.com wrote:
> This is a sort of subquery to the question of how to change window
> managers.  (And thanks again Johan, Camaleón, and Indulekha for your
> earlier help.)
>
> So the question is: supposing you compile a window manager yourself,
> so that it does not come from the packaging system.
>
> What is the standard best way of setting this new window manager as yours?
>
> It certainly won't exist in any of the lists on the login page, since
> debian could not know about it.
>
> So, i googled around, and there's this page
>     http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/doc/debian/ch-X.html
> which recommends just making an executable file
>     /home/USER/.xsession
> and putting in a sequence of commands there---which
> could just be the path to your window manager.
>
> I tried this, and . . . . it works.
>
> But i feel a little uneasy about this, like this is not a best practice,
> or some newer release of debian may break it.
>
> (Note that the window manager i built is WindowMaker 0.95.2 which
> is a few revisions ahead of the squeeze version.  And although it
> certainly works, and i can launch applications, it doesn't look at all
> like the squeeze version.  For example, it has a solid light purple
> background, instead of the debian swirls.)
>
> Thanks in advance for any info.
>

The best way is to make a debian package of it, then install it with 
dpkg. Check this out: http://wiki.debian.org/HowToPackageForDebian
Have fun!

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