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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 by
touch /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.