Window Manager

littledrop · 05-12-2007, 07:05 PM

I want to change kde window manager.

xwmconfig changes the desktop manager.

bsdunix · 05-12-2007, 07:24 PM

You asking about?

HOWTO: KWin Window Manager Decorations

http://www.usermode.org/docs/kwintheme.html

littledrop · 05-13-2007, 02:49 AM

I want to use other than Kwin.
Someone told me to run
metacity --replace & when kde is running
I get command not found

Please suggest something.

erklaerbaer · 05-13-2007, 06:26 AM

metacity is the gnome default window manager and is not installed by default.
you could change kde's window manger, on your own responsibility by putting something like this:

Code:

#!/bin/sh

KDEWM="metacity"

export KDEWM

in ~/.kde/env/kdewm.sh.

Alien_Hominid · 05-13-2007, 04:57 PM

Why run metacity in kde when it was generally created for gnome?

H_TeXMeX_H · 05-13-2007, 05:06 PM

I don't understand what is wanted here. Clarification is in order.

reddazz · 05-13-2007, 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by littledrop

I want to use other than Kwin.
Someone told me to run
metacity --replace & when kde is running
I get command not found

Please suggest something.

Out of curiosity, why would you want to replace kwin with metacity?

littledrop · 05-13-2007, 11:36 PM

I just want to try different things.

I can't find the file ~/.kde/kdewm.sh

Alien_Hominid · 05-14-2007, 05:32 AM

So try to create it.

erklaerbaer · 05-14-2007, 08:17 AM

sorry ~/.kde/env/bla.sh

you'll have to create it anyway, though.