Re: More than one window manager
On 31 Jan 2013, Marcin Kłapkowski wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have Debian wheezy. I use i3 window manager, starting with xdm on
> tty7. I wanted to test other window managers without changing my basic
> config, and still using my desktop. Tried on tty6 with:
> startx /usr/bin/awesome
> it start nice, and it's working.
> But when i switch to tty7 and back to tty6 i got console with X.org
> starting messages, no desktop. I have to stop X and start again.
> XDM doesn't have choice for window manager, so only .xsession is my
> choice.
> Any ideas how to make nice double desktop config?
>
> Thanks
> martin3z,
>
I use this script in spectrwm:
# switch to icewm
xinit /home/ac/.xxinitrc -- :1 &
where .xxinitrc is the same as my ordinary .xinitrc except that it
starts a different WM (icewm) I then shift between them with
Shift-Alt-F8 and Shift-Alt-F7. No doubt you could have three or more WMs
if you wanted.
I do this because I like tiling WMs but they don't do very well with
programs that open a lot of windows, such as xsane or gimp; a stacking
WM is better for these.
AC
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