KDE for CygWin?
Harold L Hunt II
huntharo@msu.edu
Thu May 1 20:42:00 GMT 2003
Charles,
You probably want to edit your startup script (startxwin.bat or
startxwin.sh) and comment out the line that starts twm. You then want
to add the -multiwindow command-line parameter to XWin.exe. That should
probably give you something more like you are looking for (uses an
integrated Windows-based window manager).
Yes, KDE is available for Cygwin, but it is huge and requires a
non-standard version of a couple components for Cygwin/XFree86 (XWin.exe
being one of them). Check the Links page on xfree86.cygwin.com for more
information. Remember that your other option is to use -query to open
an XDMCP session on a remote box (e.g. a Linux machine) and use whatever
window manager and apps that you want to on that machine (such as KDE,
Gnome, etc.). This is usually a pretty good alternative if you are
using Cygwin/XFree86 primarily for running apps on a *nix box on the
same network as your own that already had a better window manager installed.
Hope that helps,
Harold
Charles E. Cooper wrote:
> I have been using Cygwin to connect from a PC, Windows 2000 to a Solaris
> machine where our target system is run.
>
> The TWM window manager doesn't have all the featues I'd like, so I was
> curious if there's another window manager.
> I saw a reference to KDE, but when I installed it, it installed as a
> separate task on the PC, not to change the default window manager for
> the Cygwin.
>
> Is there a way to change window managers, and how?
> I'm a Unix level user, not a heavy programmer type.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Chuck
>
> Charles E. Cooper
> Applied Research Laboratory
> The Pennsylvania State University
> (814) 865-6829 (Swift Office)
> (814) 865-2020
> ccooper@psu.edu
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