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Re: Rootless Mode


BTW, you have to add to the top of startxwin.bat the line
set HOME=XXX where XXX is your home directory,
otherwise wmaker is trying to use the variable HOME from windows environment
c:\Documents and settings\... which does not work.
"Yadin Y Goldschmidt" <yadin@pitt.edu> wrote in message
avl7kv$tup$1@main.gmane.org">news:avl7kv$tup$1@main.gmane.org...
> I have Window Maker working fine with the recent built. (including
rootless)
> I don't know what stephen is refering to.
> Yadin.
> "Harold L Hunt II" <huntharo@msu.edu> wrote in message
> 3E1E0FAD.1020404@msu.edu">news:3E1E0FAD.1020404@msu.edu...
> > Stephen,
> >
> > Kensuke Matsuzaki is working on the Windows-based window manager.
> >
> > If Window Maker is broke, then someone else is gonna have to fix it.  I
> > released a few packages with the intention that others would take them
> > over, but no one has.  So, if Window Maker is broke, then I will have to
> > pull the package from distribution.
> >
> > Any takers?
> >
> > Harold
> >
> > Bovy, Stephen wrote:
> >
> > >I have tried the server test series with "rootless" mode.
> > >
> > >I find it very usefull.  Here is my dumb opinion.
> > >
> > >We need a Native Microsft-Cygwin "Window Manager" designed to work in
> > >"rootless mode".
> > >
> > >Also FYI.  The "Window Maker" "port" isnt working with the most recent
> > >"builds"
> > >Of the cygwin libraries.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
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