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From: eoahmad@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg (Othman Ahmad)
Subject: .xinitrc&window manager for XFree86
Message-ID: <1992Oct13.113607.15615@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg>
Organization: Nanyang Technological University - Singapore
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Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 11:36:07 GMT
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The .xinitrc is important for a beginner to X window users.
It calles the twm (tab window manager) supplied with the XFree86. In
fact I took this from the startx manual.
	For a 3button mouse like mousesystems,the functions are:

postion		left 		middle		right

background	calls menu
on window	select region	return		select up to
on top bar	select/raise	down window	?

Keyboard commands are:

ctrl+alt+del  = kill server (useful to get out of a crash)
ctrl+alt+-    = toggle modes( try this a few times to get a nice picture/size)

Any other key commands? Where can I get the info?

Any other window managers?
What is the point of having the xdm?


           xrdb  -load  $HOME/.Xresources
           xsetroot  -solid  gray  &
#           xbiff  -geometry  -430+5  &
           oclock  -geometry  75x75-0-0  &
           xload  -geometry  -80-0  &
           xterm  -geometry  +0+60  -ls  &
           xterm  -geometry  +0-100  &
           xconsole  -geometry  -0+0  -fn  5x7  &
           exec  twm

--
Othman bin Ahmad, School of EEE,
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 2263.
Internet Email: eoahmad@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg
Bitnet Email: eoahmad@ntuvax.bitnet