From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 24 19:28:06 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA08859 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 24 Aug 1997 19:28:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts10-line11.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.109]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA08854 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 1997 19:28:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id TAA01801; Sun, 24 Aug 1997 19:27:05 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 19:27:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Gordon Wang cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: help In-Reply-To: <3400104E.7459@tpts5.seed.net.tw> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 24 Aug 1997, Gordon Wang wrote: > Dear Sir > I am a FreeBSD 2.2.1 user. > When I run the x-window I also start some application programs which > should appear as icons as I set in the file--.xinitrc . > But these icons all locate in the upper right corner of the X-windows. > They overlap each other. > What should I do to put these icons in other positions when I > start x-window. > I use twm. Use a different window manager, such as fvwm. They are much more configurable than the standard twm. You can adjust the window focus policy, icon and window placement, colors, and much more. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo