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Date:      Tue, 13 Apr 1999 12:24:03 -0400 (EDT)
From:      The Classiest Man Alive <ksmm@threespace.com>
To:        freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: The Window Manager Wars
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.95.990413122206.11445G-100000@kalypso.cybercom.net>
In-Reply-To: <199904131612.JAA01873@pau-amma.whistle.com>

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I never knew what that thing (xnest) was for...interesting.  Is it a
well-documented utility? 

K.S.


On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, David Wolfskill wrote:

: * If you're trying to learn new things (vs. merely get stuff done),
:   that's a rather different set of requirements.  Indeed, in such a
:   case, you might want to be sure that you include "xnest" when you
:   select the parts of X Windows to install:  that's a somewhat "special"
:   X server that allows you to run an X environment within X.  Given
:   adequate virtual memory, you may be able to do some "interesting"
:   things (such as side-by-side comparisons of different window
:   managers).  Of course, it may help to get familiar with such concepts
:   as "recursion"....  :-)
: 
: Cheers,
: david
: -- 
: David Wolfskill		UNIX System Administrator
: dhw@whistle.com		voice: (650) 577-7158	pager: (650) 371-4621



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