Hey, that's pretty neat...

Post #67,034 by tangaroa 12/5/02 11:20:11 PM Reply	Hey, that's pretty neat... Now how the $#%~! do I turn it off? Can find nothing about an off switch in tfmpage, faq, readme, and it's not in my process list. Killed the X session to get around it; it's amusing that kppp still lives and I can get back to browsing the world wide waste of time after logging back in. =)
Post #67,115 by deSitter 12/6/02 11:01:43 AM Reply	Re: Hey, that's pretty neat... Heh - you don't need to turn it off - it is off unless you daemonize it. Your root window needs to be repainted, do s'thing like xsetroot with your parameters of choice. The Windows version makes transparent icon text - I gotta learn how to tweak that reg-wise. -drl
Post #67,233 by static 12/6/02 10:27:18 PM Reply	The Unix process model does some things real well. I had a window manager crash the other day. Nothing else died - but my mouse and keyboard weren't responding. So I switched to another VT, set DISPLAY and ran WindowMaker. Switched back to X and everything was back to normal as if nothing had happened. :-) Wade. "Ah. One of the difficult questions."
Post #67,239 by deSitter 12/6/02 10:56:59 PM Reply	Re: The Unix process model does some things real well. That seems like a (good) side-effect of the network aspect of X - namely, your apps were writing to an X context - and if the server were down, they just sit there until it comes up again and they are happy! Of course it's a lot more detailed than this, but that's the basic idea. Those MIT guys did a lot of neat things - trivia: What are ColossusIIA and Luminary? -drl

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