re x r and open look in article apr nrao edu rgooch rp csiro au richard gooch writes in article apr aedc vax af mil bonds aedc vax af mil writes i am reposting this because i am not sure my first post ever made it out i have built and installed x r on my sparcstation my aim is to run the mit x server but retain the openlook window manager i am sure this is not uncommon but i just want to make sure that i change and or delete everything that i need to for instance i can start xdm in rc local but how do i get rid of xnews the openlook window manager source is available on the mit contrib tapes or from export lcs mit edu i would suggest building this too rather than using the version from openwindows it is olwm v i would suggest skipping olwm and getting olvwm instead this version of the olwm window manager implements a virtual desktop that i find really handy even on large monitors this version is also available at export lcs mit edu contrib olvwm tar z the readme file also suggest getting the files in contrib xview in my case i built the x server first xview second then olvwm all of these were installed into usr x once i verified the server worked correctly i happily issued rm rf usr openwin using gcc to build all of the above resulted in a windowing system that is for all intents and purposes identical to openwindows and that is incredibly faster there is a bit of tweaking you will have to do if you want things to work exactly like openwindows but not much paul bash techware design bash tware com boulder co u s a
