Marcel Sugano wrote: > Thanks for your answer, so... > > On 10/2/05, jochen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>I don't quite understand what you mean. If you start X with startx, you >>should put a line like: 'exec enlightenment' into your .xinitrc. > > [...] > Well, i get the sources from cvs, scratched a script to compile it > in the order sugested at get-e.org, so far, so good... But when come > to starting, what should I do to launch a new enlightement process, > from the new compiled set of files? When downloading from > freedesktop.org there is a enlightenment pkg that we should compile. > After compiling e17/apps/e I should find an "e" binary at the build > path? > So you have compiled and installed all the files? If the installation path is in your PATH variable, you can just start enlightenment, by putting exec enlightenment (enlightenment is the name of the executable) into your .xinitrc and do startx -- :<whatever> otherwise you have to include your installation directory in your PATH. > >>startx -- :<any display number> should work fine. just take care you use >>a display you can actually switch to, makes things easier. > > [...] > 'take care you use a display you can actually switch to'? > Does it means that I should first launch X on display ":n"??don't > I need to point '.xinitrc' somewhere else than > '/usr/local/bin/enlightenment' and just call `startx -- :2`?? > > don't worry to much about that, it's just when you use a display number larger than 12 you can't switch to it using <STRG-ALT><F*> AFAIK, this has nothing to do with e it's just X. >>Real transparency is not supported in e17, because Raster the main e >>developer says real trans in X is currently not in a state which makes >>the work worthwhile, search the archives if you are interested in the >>details. It is planned for e18 (IIRC). But even without real >>transparency e17 is definitly awesome. Nothing comes close! > > [...] > Hope the guys at X-devel are working on that!! Off the topic, is > there any diference between using Xorg or Xfree86? My distro is > shipped with Xorg, so... I'm talking about Xorg, I don't think Xfree86 even has real transparency at all yet.
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