Subj : Re: X-programs
To   : comp.os.linux
From : nobody
Date : Thu Aug 26 2004 11:33 pm

john <jmuielewiczno@spamyahoo.com> spewed this unto the Network: 
> how do you start up programs requiring the X-server without starting a 
> window manager?

At the shell prompt, type 'X'. Without a window manager, you will have
to keep the mouse within the program's window (focus follows mouse). If
your program spawns more than one window, there is no way to control
which one is on top. To be able to change which window is on top, you
have to be running a window manager.

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