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Well, this is not for me, but for future users of Slint 14.2.
Al these windows managers are perfectly usable, including twm, when properly configured.
They will have a default configuration making them usable "out of the box" even by novice users, while allowing all users to configure them as they see fit.
This includes an auto-refreshed applications menu in the root menu
They will also get a (removable) panel with a menu, a tray with a notification area, a desk changer, applications launchers and a task bar. Probably an autostart too.
Thanks anyway for your post, clues to solve the issue even more welcome.
Well, I have no display issue in xterm using an UTF-8 encoded locale.
But I checked that thg X log always ends with this:
Code:
-1-ISO10646 gb2312.1980-0
after starting fvwm and only fvwm, among the WMs shipped in Slackware, even when I use no panel. Also, gb2312.1980-0 is a Simplified Chinese font set
I know neither why this line appears in the log of the X server when I start fvwm nor why this disturbs only twm, but at least this gives me a hint. I will look at X font paths handling by the X font server and see if this line from fvwm is due to my specific configuration.
Well, I have no display issue in xterm using an UTF-8 encoded locale.
In that case, it looks like completely different bug. I was just a suggestion, because I was getting a lot of weird errors concerning fonts ("Could not create FontSet", "Can't ...something... fontmap", etc.) after libX11 upgrade and thought that maybe it could relate to your issue as well.
To completely rule out libX11 bug, does this happen on stable Slackware or current?
But at least I have found a way to avoid its most severe consequence: in runlevel 4, using lxdm as display manager, after having used fvwm and logged out, twm wouldn't start until the machine be rebooted or the xserver killed.
To avoid that in lxdm's config I have set:
Code:
reset=1
This resets the xserver after a logout, thus allowing twm to start.
Also as some features of lxpanel do not work or make sense with twm (windows minimization, task bar, virtual desktops manager), switching from another WM to it would be confusing anyway as the panel would be displayed with these (in this case not effective) features. So I just won't provide root menu entries to switch to/from twm without logging out.
I think it is acceptable. I don't mark this thread as [Solved] though as a workaround is not a solution.
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