From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Apr 13 9:26:54 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from kalypso.cybercom.net (kalypso.cybercom.net [209.21.136.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8629157BA for ; Tue, 13 Apr 1999 09:26:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ksmm@threespace.com) Received: from localhost (ksmm@localhost) by kalypso.cybercom.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id MAA16869 for ; Tue, 13 Apr 1999 12:24:07 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 12:24:03 -0400 (EDT) From: The Classiest Man Alive X-Sender: ksmm@kalypso.cybercom.net To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The Window Manager Wars In-Reply-To: <199904131612.JAA01873@pau-amma.whistle.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 I never knew what that thing (xnest) was for...interesting. Is it a well-documented utility? K.S. On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, David Wolfskill wrote: : * If you're trying to learn new things (vs. merely get stuff done), : that's a rather different set of requirements. Indeed, in such a : case, you might want to be sure that you include "xnest" when you : select the parts of X Windows to install: that's a somewhat "special" : X server that allows you to run an X environment within X. Given : adequate virtual memory, you may be able to do some "interesting" : things (such as side-by-side comparisons of different window : managers). Of course, it may help to get familiar with such concepts : as "recursion".... :-) : : Cheers, : david : -- : David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator : dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message