Using xfwm4 as a standalone wm

[Paul Hunnisett]

Ah yes - works nicely.  Thanks

Any hints on what I should be running in order to get menus, taskbar or
similar.  Also - is it possible to dock applications anywhere at all?

Paul Hunnisett 

On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 21:27, Olivier Fourdan wrote:
> Paul,
> 
> A WIndow MAnager is an application that manages windows. Fine.
> 
> But w/out any window to manage, you won't see it. Try something like
> that:
> 
> xfwm4 & xterm
> 
> Cheers,
> Olivier.
> 
> On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 00:15, Paul Hunnisett wrote:
> > On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 21:22, john-thomas richards wrote:
> > > On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 10:04:16PM +0000, Paul Hunnisett wrote:
> > > > I'd like to try using xfwm4 as a standalone wm - but I can't figure out
> > > > how.  If I put /usr/bin/xfwm4 in my ~/.xinitrc then X starts and I get a
> > > > mouse cursor and nothing else
> > > > 
> > > > Anyone give me a hint?
> > > 
> > > the proper way to start xfce is 'startxfce'...
> > 
> > I don't have xfce installed - only xfwm... no startxfce
> > 
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