Subject: Re: FVWM: CDE

From: [email-masked] (Graeme McCaffery)
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 09:57:49 +0000 (GMT)

> I'm considering trying out fvwm (again), but now have CDE running.  Your
> message implies that it's possible to get these to work together.  Do you
> have a list of the steps necessary?

to get Fvwm working from login:

start CDE with the openwin option
edit the .xintirc file
so that it looks something like below. the important bits are the wm shell varable
and the setting of fvwm's process id  ($wmpid)

fvwm should then run properly when you login again. when you exit fvwm then the seesion should exit smoothly also.

OW_WINDOW_MANAGER="$HOME/bin/fvwm -f $HOME/.fvwm/fvwmrc"
export OW_WINDOW_MANAGER

if [ "$OW_WINDOW_MANAGER" ]; then	# Alternate Window Manager
    xsetroot -def			    # Clear root window
    $OW_WINDOW_MANAGER & wmpid=$!	    # Start Alt Window Manager
#    dsdm &				    # OpenLook Drop Site Database
    unset OW_WINDOW_MANAGER
else
    sleep 15 & pid=$!			# OpenLook Window Manager
    olwm -syncpid $pid & wmpid=$!
    wait $pid				# Pause until olwm inits
fi

wait $wmpid				# Wait for wm (key client) to exit

hope this helps and works for you
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