Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 16:19:49 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: syscons extension: "propellers" Message-ID: <199912151519.QAA28467@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>
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jack wrote in list.freebsd-current:
> Today Oliver Fromme wrote:
> > I'm afraid that wouldn't work. In order to run non-trivial X11
> > apps, you _will_ need a full-blown X server, including X libs.
> > You'll also need at least a very simple window manager (while
> > xclock would probably work without, Netscape would certainly be
> > pretty unusable).
>
> I just tried only netscape in my .xinitrc and it worked fine.
That's because X itself contains a very simple "windowmanager"
functionality, which focuses the window beneath the mouse
pointer. But when you have to access something which is behind
another window, you lose.
And as I wrote, the window manager is the smallest problem of
his proposal.
Regards
Oliver
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