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[pbleser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Pascal Bleser)]

here's the BEST way ;-)

Pascal
 l'irréductible Linuxien

-----Original Message-----
From: Pascal Bleser <pbleser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxx <suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxx>
Date: mercredi 1 avril 1998 11:04
Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] How to set a different WM?

>The better way is to have a new environment setting, let's call it "WINM"
>(don't use "WINDOWMANAGER", it's already used by some system scripts and
>will confuse some of them)...
>You just need to add a line to /etc/profile, like this:
>...
>export WINM=kde
>...
>(and don't forget "export")
>Every user can customize this setting in his very own ~/.profile
>Now, you just need to change the /usr/X11/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc script...
>I attached mine, that works with kde, fvwm2, fvwm, afterstep and twm, but
>it's very easy to extend (even if you're not used to shell scripts)...
>
>I even made a little script called "x", which provides you with a menu
>(using dialog) with the different windowmanagers... you choose one, and the
>script sets WINM="afterstep", for example, and then makes "startx"... I
have
>to retrieve it from my very own Linux box, which is on another network (and
>there's no communication between 'em... so, if have to go upstairs ;-) -
>I'll send it this afternoon, ok ?
>
>Pascal
>l'irréductible Linuxien
>
>P.S.:
>don't forget to do some environment settings:
>in /etc/profile, add the lines:
>export KDEDIR=/opt/kde
>export PATH=$PATH:$KDEDIR/bin
>export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$KDEDIR/lib
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: alexser@xxxxxxx <alexser@xxxxxxx>
>To: suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxx <suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxx>
>Date: mercredi 1 avril 1998 07:19
>Subject: [S.u.S.E. Linux] How to set a different WM?
>
>
>
>Hi!
>
>I am a new user of Linux and S.u.S.E having just installed it
>yesterday. Now I am trying to find a way to change the default Window
>Manager to KDE. Could someone tell me which file should be changed
>and how? Also what should be done when I want to upgrade the version
>of KDE to a new one?
>
>Thank you in advance for your help.
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<PRE>
#!/bin/sh
# $XConsortium: xinitrc.cpp,v 1.4 91/08/22 11:41:34 rws Exp $

userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
sysresources=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Xresources
sysmodmap=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Xmodmap

# merge in defaults and keymaps

if [ -f $sysresources ]; then
    xrdb -merge $sysresources
fi

if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then
    xmodmap $sysmodmap
fi

if [ -f $userresources ]; then
    xrdb -merge $userresources
fi

if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then
    xmodmap $usermodmap
fi

# start some nice programs

# xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 &
# xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 &
# xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 &

if [ -n "$WINM" ];
then	case "$WINM" in
                kde) exec startkde;;
                fvwm2) exec fvwm2;;
                fbwm) exec fvwm;;
                afterstep) exec afterstep;;
                *) exec twm
        esac
else	exec twm
fi