From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 17 21:12: 3 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dart.sr.se (dart.SR.SE [193.12.91.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2C8114C0C for ; Wed, 17 Nov 1999 21:11:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gunnar@pluto.sr.se) Received: from honken.sr.se ([134.25.128.27]) by dart.sr.se (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id GAA11147 for ; Thu, 18 Nov 1999 06:11:58 +0100 (MET) Received: from pluto.sr.se (pluto.SR.SE [134.25.193.91]) by honken.sr.se (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA26533 for ; Thu, 18 Nov 1999 06:11:57 +0100 (MET) Received: (from gunnar@localhost) by pluto.sr.se (8.9.3/8.9.3) id GAA17584 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Thu, 18 Nov 1999 06:11:57 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from gunnar) Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 06:11:57 +0100 From: Gunnar Flygt To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: choose different systems Message-ID: <19991118061157.A17554@sr.se> Reply-To: Gunnar Flygt References: <1.5.4.32.19991116181114.0067c048@unlserve.unl.edu> <86ln7xleyj.fsf@localhost.hell.gr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <86ln7xleyj.fsf@localhost.hell.gr>; from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr on Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 10:06:28AM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 10:06:28AM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > Xingchun Chen writes: > > > Hello, > > > > When I install FreeBSD (3.3), I chose TWM window manager. But I do not it, > > can someone tell me how to > > change to another window manager system? > > Assuming that you have installed another window manager from the ports > (for this, try: cd /usr/ports/x11-wm/SOMETHING ; make install) you can > change on a per-user basis which window manager will be used by copying > the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc file in your home dir as ~/.xinitrc > and editing it's last few lines to execute the window manager of your > choise. > > Trying to avoid another "my wm is the best" thread I will not fall in > the trap of recommending a specific window manager from the ports. You > have to try and see which one suits your taste best. And to make it realy flexible you just put in $1 instead of the window manager name, to be able to `startx windowmanagerofchoice` so you can change between them easily at first. After a while when you've decided which one you like you exchange the $1 for the one you like. -- __o regards, Gunnar ---_ \<,_ email: flygt@sr.se ---- (_)/ (_) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message