Re: How do you gentleuser's start your X stuff?

[Harold L Hunt II <huntharo at msu dot edu>]

Frank,

There is information in the Cygwin/XFree86 User's Guide that describes 
your different options for starting Cygwin/XFree86:

http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/ug/using.html#using-starting


Window resizing and scrollbars are both controlled by the X ``window 
manager''.  You are looking for something that we are all always looking 
for, the unobtainable ``better window manager''.  However, there are 
several other options for a window manager that you can try out without 
much work.  Just rerun Cygwin's setup.exe and look under the XFree86 
category --- there are a few window managers listed there (MWM is in the 
Lesstif package, openbox, window-maker, etc.).  You can edit 
startxwin.bat (which is, by the way, the recommended way to start 
Cygwin/XFree86) and replace the line that starts ``twm'' with one of the 
others that you have installed, e.g., ``mwm''.  Each window manager has 
its own quirks and bugs (some of them don't work correctly when the 
NumLock key is on, etc.).  Choosing a window manager is a highly 
personal thing so that is about all the help that I can give you.  I am 
sure that others will chime in with links to their favorite WMs now.  :)

Harold


Lane, Frank L wrote:
> Hello again,
>
> I'm managing to take a couple of steps a day.  One thing I stumbled across
> the other day is the startx command.  I use this to work.  I've noticed that
> my windows are not resizable and do not have scrollbars.  Is there a better
> way to kickoff X?
>
> Second question, as I'm interested in learning everything I can about X, I'm
> trying to write some beginner programs.  When I compile using gcc I get a
> message about unresolved calls to _XSimpleWindow and some other functions.
> I've tried including -L/usr/X11R6/bin/libX11.dll but that doesn't help.  Any
> suggestions?  Is there anyway I can see if the function xsimplewindow is in
> the libX11.dll or what files exist in what dll's?
>
> Thanks,
> Frank