Alternate Window Managers¶

The default window manger for LinHES is fluxbox, but it also supports other window mangers.
To configure LinHES with a different window manager set_windowmanager.sh is provided.

Also included are preconfigured settings for enlightenment and WindowMaker
To install them run the command:
pacman -S alt_wm
When prompted for the group to install, press enter to install them all.

set_windowmanger.sh¶

set_windowmanager.sh WINDOWMANAGER STARTUP_STYLE

WINDOWMANAGER is the name of the window manger to use.¶

• default, will continue to use fluxbox
• enlightenment, will use enlightenment v16 with preconfigured settings.
• windowmaker, will use wmaker with preconfigured settings
• Any other value will be accepted, but there is no validation preformed to make sure it will work.

STARTUP_STYLE¶

This is an optional parameter, if no value is given then “default” is used.
The major difference between the two is how MythTV and the window manager are started.

• default, the session depends on the window manger and if MythTV closes it will NOT restart by itself.
• Mythvantage, the session depends on MythTV and it will continue to restart Myth TV after it closes. When using the Mythvantage style it's possible to stop the MythTV loop be touching /tmp/nomfe.
  Additionally the Mythvantage style, introduces a new keyboard shortcut to a terminal. Pressing F3 will drop down a terminal that is persistent for the session. Pressing F3 again will hide it.