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From: ramakris@bloss.cs.vt.edu (S.Ramakrishnan)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Starting up twm & source of twm (vers. 5.0)
Keywords: twm , startup, .twmrc, source
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Date: 29 Jul 90 19:55:22 GMT
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 I am sorry if this question is covered under the "most commonly asked questions list" put up
periodically. 

 We are running X11R3 on a Interactive i386 X Server (with Hercules monitor).  start up X with xinit as
follows :
   
   $ xinit xterm -T "Console" -geom 60x24+0+0 -e .x11start

 The startup file .x11start starts up twm  and creates another xterm.
 
I am having the following problems running Tom's Window Manager :

 1.  When twm takes over, the console window is titled but it freezes the keyboard input. No input is 
    accepted from the window (the cursor is well above the bottom of the window and visible).
    I can only perform mouse operations. Has anyone seen this happen before ? (Incid., the .twmrc file
    runs fine on A/UX machine ).

 2. Further, if I remove the twm invocation from the .x11start file, the xinit command immediately
    terminates "normally". What could be thereason for this ?

 I have the option of using uwm or awm instead of twm. But anyone who knows these two wm's will agree
that twm gives the display a far better appearance.

  Can someone tell me where I can get the source of twm ver. 5.0 ? Is this available at all ?


   Pl reply. Thanx in advance.

  --  Rk.      
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 -- S.Ramakrishnan, CS Dept, McBryde Hall, VaTech, Blacksburg, Virg. 24061-0106
   (email : ramakris@bloss.cs.vt.edu, ramakris@vtcc1.cc.vt.edu)