On Sunday 17 April 2011 20:28:00 Shuai Lin wrote: > Hello all, > > I have several questions to ask. Thanks in advance:P > > 1. > I find "jump-to-exec" is a very handy way to switch between windows, > only for one thing: > For applications whose window title would always change, such as a file > manager, > > how can I "jump-to-exec" such a window using jump-to-exec? (jump-or-exec "WM_CLASS" "binary" #:match-class t) example: (jump-or-exec "Amarok" "amarok" #:match-class t) > 2. I just switched to sawfish from Ubuntu, because I prefer the Sawfish way > so much to those GNOME stuff. > Now every time I boot the machine, I still have to login using the GNOME > login GUI window. > > How can I change my setting so that I can enter the world of sawfish > directly? > > I have googled this for a while, and it seems some scripts in > /etc/X11/Xsession.d direct me to the GNOME login window. > Or more specifically, there are three ones I think related: > > * 52libcanberra-gtk-module_add- > to-gtk-modules > * 55gnome-session_gnomerc > * 70gconfd_path-on-session > > What should I do to these in order to get rid of the GNOME login window? Do you want to completely get rid of a Display-Manager, or do you just want to change the default session? For first, you would have to always logon into console and start the X-Server manually, for the second read below. > > 3. Right now, every time I boot the machine up, the first window is an Xterm > window. If I closed this window, the session > would be ended and all my windows would get closed. This can be > dangerous because I can't tell which Xterm is that one, > since I often open three or more of them. > > How should I tackle this, so that the session would not be ended even if > I close all my windows? You choose "Sawfish" from the "Sessions"-menu in GDM (GNOME Display Manager), that's all (you seem to be currently using the "Xterm" or "Failsafe" Session). Chris > Thanks for your patience to read my post. Please help me.
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