Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 15:53:47 -0700 From: Joshua Oreman <oremanj@webserver.get-linux.org> To: stan <stanb@panix.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recomendation for a lightweigth window manager Message-ID: <20030520225347.GA70742@webserver.get-linux.org> In-Reply-To: <20030520223010.GA5974@teddy.fas.com> References: <20030520223010.GA5974@teddy.fas.com>
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On Tue, May 20, 2003 at 06:30:10PM -0400 or thereabouts, stan seemed to write: > I'm setting up a machine to sue as a dedicated replacement for an alarm > printer on a control system. > > I was not planing to use a window manager at all, and I actually have a > rather nice looking X session with no borders working. However, now I have > a request to add a browser to allow looking at some web based stuff. > > I want to setup a user interface where the operators can iconify, and > resize windows, but not close them. The machine in question is only a P@. twm - it's exactly what you're looking for. Installed with base X distrib - no additional packages. But beware: if the user(s) can get some kind of way to run an arbitrary command, they could run xkill and kill off any window :-) HTH, -- Josh > > So what would you recommend for a very lightweight window manager for this > application? > > -- > "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve > neither liberty nor safety." > -- Benjamin Franklin > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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