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using multiple widow managers

Story: Using multiple widow managers with nested XserverTotal Replies: 4
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mmelchert

Aug 17, 2009
10:50 AM EDT 		just to be clear, fermi, I think it's a nice idea to have multiple widow managers around in support of grieving spouses :)
tuxchick

Aug 17, 2009
5:39 PM EDT 		Widow managers! Wow, FOSS has everything!
azerthoth

Aug 18, 2009
2:10 AM EDT 		OK, neat trick, useless but neat.

you have another user who doesnt want to be bother with using the switch user option (or your current DE doesn't have that option). Put an icon on the desktop, or an entry in the menu:

X :1 -ac -terminate & DISPLAY=:1 $TheStartStringForWhateverDEyouWant

ctrl alt f7/f8 to switch back and forth.
caitlyn

Aug 18, 2009
2:10 PM EDT 		@ azerthoth: That's just too easy. We need more complicated ways to do things that eat system resources.
tracyanne

Aug 18, 2009
5:15 PM EDT 		@caitlyn, we've got Microsoft Windows for that.

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