From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Mar 24 09:52:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA29651 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Tue, 24 Mar 1998 09:52:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from polaris.pacificnet.net (polaris.pacificnet.net [207.171.0.250]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA29627 for ; Tue, 24 Mar 1998 09:52:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bear@pacificnet.net) Received: from pm3g-36.pacificnet.net (pm3g-36.pacificnet.net [207.171.35.85]) by polaris.pacificnet.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA25016; Tue, 24 Mar 1998 09:47:30 -0800 (PST) env-from (bear@pacificnet.net) Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 09:47:24 -0800 (PST) From: Joey Garcia To: Thierry Boudet <101355.2112@compuserve.com> cc: FreeBSD newbies Subject: Re: Desktop setup hints In-Reply-To: <199803240737_MC2-37C9-D212@compuserve.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Ewwww....twm. Try WindowMaker, or AfterStep, or better yet KDE (the best window manager of all time). Bear =================================================== Joseph Garcia Downey, CA bear@pacificnet.net "Dont drink and drive, you might spill the beer." =================================================== On Tue, 24 Mar 1998, Thierry Boudet wrote: > > > > xv -root -max -rmode 5 -quit ~ruth/pics/zen.gif & > > I use the twm window manager. > > also see xsetroot(1) > > > > You can also make a menu for twm with things like that: > > > menu "background" > { > "black" !"xsetroot -solid black" > "grid" !"xsetroot -mod 5 7 -bg red -fg blue" > "my cat" !"xv -root -max -rmode 5 -quit ~ruth/pics/zen.gif &" > } > > > see in the file $HOME/.twmrc for more explanations about > integrating this menu in twm. > > Best regards. Thierry. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message