Re: why run any window manager?
Re: why run any window manager?
- Subject: Re: why run any window manager?
- From: Randy Ford <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 02:25:44 -0500
On Saturday, May 17, 2003, at 05:17 PM, Elwood C. Downey wrote:
Hello,
I have a personal question to ask: why run /any/ window manager under
X11? For
me the beauty of the whole idea is to mingle X11 apps with Aqua apps.
It would
seem very confusing to me to shift mental gears for window manager
issues when
inside or outside of Aqua. What is the big advantage I am missing here?
X isn't very usable without a window manager. The wm places the window
on the screen, adds decorations such as borders, resize handles, and
close, minimize and maximize buttons. It also moves the window when
the user tells it to.
If you want to experience X without any window manager, just use a
.xinitrc that doesn't load one. All X windows will open on top of each
other in the upper left-hand corner: you won't be able to click to
change focus or to raise one window above another: the last one opened
will stay on top.
randy.
_______________________________________________
x11-users mailing list | email@hidden
Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/x11-users
X11 for Mac OS X FAQ: http://developer.apple.com/qa/qa2001/qa1232.html
Report issues, request features, feedback: http://developer.apple.com/bugreporter
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.