Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 09:42:13 -0500 (EST) From: John Brann <jbrann@panix.com> To: CEG@merc.pb.bielsko.pl (Krzysztof Cegielski) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I'm new in X ... Message-ID: <199603211442.JAA01214@jbrann.dialup.access.net> In-Reply-To: <8D54FC518F@merc.pb.bielsko.pl> from "Krzysztof Cegielski" at Mar 21, 96 10:35:00 am
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Krzysztof Cegielski wrote... > > > Hi! > > I'm new X-Windows user and i have few questions: > > - How change view of X-Windows windows (borders, colors, etc.) ? > - Is something like Desktop in Windows 95 or OS/2 in X-Windows > with icons, documents, and folders on it ? All of these questions relate to your window manager. In X, the window manager is a program which provides window frames, control buttons, etc. If you're running the basic X installation - this means that your window manager is twm. In order to create a more interesting environment, you need several things - 1. A more interesting window manager. Several are available as ports or packages - look in the x11 subdirectory. I use ctwm, tvtwm and olvwm are popular. 2. Some add-on programs. I use xfm - which is a kind of combined program manager / file manager. There is also xdtm in the ports collection. > - Is it possible to put picture on desktop' background ? Absolutely. The command 'xsetroot -bitmap <bitmap file>' tiles the background with the picture in <bitmap file>. Check out 'xearth' (port or package) for a really cool background. > - Where can I find some books about X-Windows ? (f.e. User Guide or > something like this) My Recommendation is 'X User Tools' by Linda Mui and Valeria Quercia. It's an O'Reilly and Associates book (ISBN 1-56592-019-8) which should be just what you need. > - At instalation time there was prepared a 'xconfig' file. > What is in this file ? Information to get the X-windows server to run on your hardware. > Where it is ? Usually in /etc. It's called XF86Config > How to make some changes in it ? With _extreme_ caution :-) It's a text file, you edit it and restart X. Normally, X refuses to come up because you broke something... Good luck, John -- Beavis and Butt-Head; Vladimir and Estragon for the '90s. finger jbrann@panix.com for pgp public key
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