Re: Window manager switcher

1999-12-05 Thread Joachim Trinkwitz
Carl, seems you know the standard ways -- have a look at the wmanager package (brandnew in potato): $ apt-cache show wmanager Package: wmanager Version: 0.2-1 Priority: optional Section: x11 Maintainer: Tommi Virtanen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1), libfltk1, libstdc++2.1

Re: Window manager switcher

1999-12-03 Thread carlf
> This may not be exactly what your looking for, but xsm (x session > manager) can sort of do something like that. . . . > It's easy to use, check it out. Thanks, I'll give it a look -- sounds close to what I want. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Manager, Dueling Modems Computer For

Re: Window manager switcher

1999-12-03 Thread Eric G . Miller
This may not be exactly what your looking for, but xsm (x session manager) can sort of do something like that. You have to set up sessions, and AFAIK you can't change sessions midstream. Some window managers are "session aware" so changing your window manager will be saved for the next session -- p

Re: Window manager switcher

1999-12-03 Thread Achim Bohnet
>>>Carl Fink wrote: > Achim Bohnet wrote: > > > Slink and potato use the > > /etc/X11/window-mangers file to determine the default window > > manager . . . [etc.] > > I *know* that. I asked specifically about an automated tool so one > wouldn't have to edit config files. I hope you don'

Re: Window manager switcher

1999-12-03 Thread aphro
I used this one for awhile, it seems it hasnt been updated since i used it(~2 years?) http://gator.naples.net/~nfn03343/ worked ok at the time. nate On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Carl Fink wrote: carlf >Achim Bohnet wrote: carlf > carlf >> Slink and potato use the carlf >> /etc/X11/window-mangers file

Re: Window manager switcher

1999-12-03 Thread Carl Fink
Achim Bohnet wrote: > Slink and potato use the > /etc/X11/window-mangers file to determine the default window > manager . . . [etc.] I *know* that. I asked specifically about an automated tool so one wouldn't have to edit config files. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Manager, Dueli

Re: Window manager switcher

1999-12-02 Thread Achim Bohnet
>>>Carl Fink wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > If you have installed the `menu'-package, click on the entry > > `window-managers', where you have entries for all installed WMs. If > > you click on one, it changes to this WM -- that's all, no extra > > utility needed. (Why, it's Debia

Re: Window manager switcher

1999-12-02 Thread Carl Fink
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > If you have installed the `menu'-package, click on the entry > `window-managers', where you have entries for all installed WMs. If > you click on one, it changes to this WM -- that's all, no extra > utility needed. (Why, it's Debian :).) Yes, I know, but I have KDE in

Re: Window manager switcher

1999-12-02 Thread Joachim Trinkwitz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink) writes: > I've heard tell of a utility found in other distro's called > "switchdesk" to change window manager/graphical environment. That is, > if you're experimenting with KDE and GNOME and, say, fvwm, it would > let you easily and interactively switch your default