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Date:      Wed, 6 May 1998 12:13:27 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Shan-Min Chao <shanmin@lvdi.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: A simple X-Win question
Message-ID:  <19980506121327.E323@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <01bd781b$2faf2720$143781d0@shan>; from Shan-Min Chao on Tue, May 05, 1998 at 04:44:39AM -0700
References:  <01bd781b$2faf2720$143781d0@shan>

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On Tue,  5 May 1998 at  4:44:39 -0700, Shan-Min Chao wrote:
> Hi,
>     I have a really idiotic questions to
> ask.  I have FreeBSD 2.2.2, and I installed
> the X-Win TWM that came with it.  The
> question I have is this - how do I open
> extra xterm windows?  I know this is
> a very stupid question, but it has been
> bugging me.  I try typing 'xterm' into one
> of the terminal windows, but it just freezes
> the current one and opens up a new one.
> I have 4 windows after that, but 1 of them
> is useless and only 3 are usable.  Any way
> around this?  Please e-mail me direct
> (shanmin@lvdi.net) for the response.
> Thanks in advance!

twm doesn't support this directly--use xterm&, as Dima suggested.
Almost any other window manager will give you a menu with a "new
window" option.

Greg
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