Re: Installing Gnome, we need a tutorial (and I'm volunteering) - GC FAQ , needs updating

[Tom Tromey <tromey cygnus com>]

Stephanos> 1) Make sure smproxy is running (I haven't use XSM before,
Stephanos> so please enlighten me.. is this a daemon run by root or
Stephanos> something you start in your .xsession? Do you start it
Stephanos> *before* or *after* gnome-session?)

smproxy is automatically run by gnome-session.  You shouldn't have to
run it by hand.

Stephanos> 2) Make gnome-session the exec'd program in your .xsession
Stephanos> (most people either use xsm or their WM;)

Yes.  Do you know somebody who actually uses xsm?  Weird... I don't
like that program very much.

Stephanos> 3) If you where using xsm as your session manager, dump
Stephanos> it. If you were using your WM, just execute it in your
Stephanos> .xsession before gnome-session.

You can still use xsm if you prefer it.  gnome-session doesn't do
anything special.  I just wrote it so that it would be invisible,
unles xsm.

Stephanos> Question: what is the difference between TryExec= and Exec=
Stephanos> in the application definition files? I assume one is to see
Stephanos> wether the app exists and the other to run it, or
Stephanos> something?

TryExec is the name that is looked for in $PATH.  Exec is what is
actually run.

Last night I changed Exec so that it can be a multi-word command line
(in a robust way -- previously it worked via a hack).

Tom