Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 15:06:00 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> To: newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fwd: Where's X go? Message-ID: <199806102206.PAA22524@pau-amma.whistle.com>
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Most of the X stuff lives under /usr/X11R6. One of the critical subdirectories there is /usr/X11R6/bin, which needs to be in your "PATH". X programs tend to rely a lot on "dot files" in your home directory (for user-specific things) -- recall that the assumption is that many different people will be using the machine, probably at the same time; thus, placing "personal" preferences in system-wide files is a rather unexpected thing to do. No idea what those M$ files' roles are, so I won't try to guess. As for window managers -- yes, it's fairly easy to switch. Different ones generally use different "dot files" to customize; thus, switching to a new one is likely to involve a high amount of "tweaking" until you get it so it feels right... but switching back to one (after trying another) is usually quite easy. (The way to select which window manager to use is somewhat selectable, too, and depnds on how you choose to initialize the X environment. Never let it be said that X provides insufficient opportunities for customization....) Cheers, david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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