Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 11:08:47 -0700 From: Murray Stokely <murray@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Handbook section on X11 Message-ID: <20010622110847.D61336@meow.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: <20010622181714.G7647@lpt.ens.fr>; from rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in on Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 06:17:14PM %2B0200 References: <20010622181714.G7647@lpt.ens.fr>
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On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 06:17:14PM +0200, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: > I'm thinking of contributing a small handbook section on configuring > and setting up a complete KDE-based desktop, including kdm instead of > xdm. Is there anyone else already writing up something like this? Yes. Valentino Vaschetto is writing just such a chapter. I will commit his work this afternoon and then I would strongly encourage you strongly to add to it. > I thought of covering: > installing qt, kde2 from the ports > the startkde script > overview of the programs included in kde2 > configuring kdm: editing the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/ files to make > them work with kdm, etc. > setting up anti-aliased fonts. > Anything else that should go in there? > > (Disclaimer: I'm doing kde because I know it moderately well now, it > doesn't mean I dislike gnome or blackbox or whatever. I also think > the handbook should have a few small sections on other WM's or desktop > environments; but having one, at least, is I think a good start for > newbies.) I feel exactly the same way. We'll find a GNOME guru to beef up the gnome section. - Murray To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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