menu does not come up - Running rootless with an external window manager

[Reid Thompson]

Jack Tanner wrote:
> Naru Takashima wrote:
>> I notice at the website x.cygwin.com, there is a
>> screenshot with openbox window manager?
>> Is that part of cgwin/X distribution or do I need to
>> purchase or download that from somewhere?
>
> The Cygwin Setup program offers at least WindowMaker, fvwm, and 
> openbox. No idea how well any of them work, but it's easy enough to 
> test them out.
>
>> And what would I need to do to run an external window
>> manager?
>
> You'd have to tell Xwin to run in rootless mode, and you'd have to run 
> the appropriate external window manager, both in startxwin.bat.
>
> These are all kind of basic questions; please look in 
> manuals/FAQs/google.
>
>
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it's pretty easy to download the source for *box wm's and ./configure, 
make, make install ( at least in the past )....

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