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Article #2873Re: Selecting olwm/olvwm from the command line.
From: Vidiot
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 20:47
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 20:47
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In article <1993Jan9.030254.2183@netnews.whoi.edu> dhiltz@whsun1.whoi.edu (David Hiltz) writes: < < How can I indicate which window manager I want to use (olwm/olvwm) from the < command line? I didn't see anything in the openwin script file. Can I do < it through an environment variable? If so, what is it called and what is < the syntax for it? I'm running OpenWindows on a Sun/SS2 4.1.3. < < For now I renamed olwm to something else inside of /usr/openwin/bin and < copied the olvwm to olwm in /usr/openwin/bin. < < Also, this is a FAQ I'm sure, but how to apply the patch for olvwm to bring < it up to version 3.3 from version 3.0? The startup of the window manager is done in the .xinitrc file. You can do what you want in there on how you want it to determine which manager is started. -- harvard\ ucbvax!uwvax!astroatc!ftms!brown or uu2.psi.com!ftms!brown rutgers/ INTERNET: brown@wi.extrel.com or ftms!brown%astroatc.UUCP@cs.wisc.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!yale.edu!spool.mu.edu!agate!stanford.edu!rutgers!uwvax!astroatc!vidiot!ftms!brown From: brown@ftms.UUCP (Vidiot) Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look Subject: Re: Selecting olwm/olvwm from the command line. Message-ID: <431@ftms.UUCP> Date: 11 Jan 93 20:47:44 GMT References: <1993Jan9.030254.2183@netnews.whoi.edu> Reply-To: brown@ftms.UUCP (Vidiot) Organization: Vidiot's Other Hangout Lines: 20