SfinxLite WINMAN program
winman is the program that is usually run as the last client
from the user's .xsession file. It is used to
start up the window manager.
The current system offers users quite some freedom to select which window
manager (or session manager) to run. However, not everything can be supported
by the computer staff.
Choosing a window manager
You can select the window manager of your choice by setting the environment
variable WINMAN in your .cshrc.
TWM family
The Tab Window Manager (TWM) and its relatives are fully supported.
A description of the default menu structure
is available.
This group includes CTWM, an enhanced version of TWM,
which can manage multiple "workspaces" (virtual desktops). But be careful
when using this feature; don't open more applications than you can manage
yourself...
(available on Sun, HP, Linux)
We have also installed TVTWM, another TWM clone
with virtual desktop management, but the current version doesn't seem to be
stable.
Other window managers
Other choices, which may not always be available, include:
- OLWM - Open Look / Open Windows
(Sun and Linux only)
- FVWM - Another virtual window manager
(Linux only, for now)
- MWM - Motif Window Manager
(HP and IBM only, commercial software)
- VUEWM - HPs Visual User Environment
(HP only)
Session managers
Session managers may be started in exactly the same way as window managers.
Usually, the session manager starts a window manager as a sub-process.
Avaialble session managers are xsession (Sun, HP, Linux)
and xsm (untested !!!, Sun, HP).
David.Jansen@strw.leidenuniv.nl
Last modified: Fri Dec 22 16:35:45 MET 1995