Combining XFCE and Pekwm

[Biju Chacko]

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 01:08:33 -0400, HaywireMac wrote:

> I have seen a couple of posts which mentioned, or seemed to mention,
> using a combination of XFCE and another WM.
> 
> There are features in Pekwm which I cannot live without, such as
> autogrouping of Windows and Autoprops that let me set geometries and
> position and decor per app, etc.
> 
> However, I very much like some of the features of XFCE, and so would
> like to run an amalgam of the two.
> 
> My question is, what would my .xinitrc look like in order to do this? I
> would like to have the XFCE panel (autohide), the IconBox, and the
> Systray functionality, as well as the ability to switch GTK themes using
> the XFCE settings dialogue. What components would I need to run and in
> what order in my .xinitrc?
> 
> I assume "exec pekwm" would be the last entry, and I would leave out
> xfwm4 --daemon?

edit .xfce4/xinitrc. Comment out 'xfwm4 -daemon' and add 'pekwm &' in the same
position. Note that onlt WMs which are NetWM-compliant work well with XFce4.

HTH,

-- b

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