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From: morreale@bierstadt.ucar.edu (Peter Morreale)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Using twm
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Date: 11 Jun 89 03:44:57 GMT
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Reply-To: morreale@bierstadt.ucar.edu (Peter Morreale)
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Hello netlanders.   I recently became acquainted with X and I have a few 
questions about some "undocumented features"  I have found.  (at least they 
appear to be)

First of all I am using a SUN 3/60m diskless workstation with a SUN 4 
server.  We are using twm for window management.  (version 1.2)

  1) After moving the pointer in/out of an open window a few times the 
     text cursor no longer changes to the "hollow" box.  This seems to 
     occur only in the client windows (Not the "Console window")  
     Is this normal? 

  2) When I start up X from the console, I get into an "infinite" loop 
     in the *first*  window I access.  The loop consists of a series of 
     "L2" keystrokes (something like ^[[193\ )  This is input into the 
     window and I must hit either a <return> or ^D to stop the loop.
     Is this a local script going out of control?  Anybody have any ideas?

Finally (and this is the big mystery to me)

  3) How in the name of *bleep* does one set the Icon Geometry using twm. 
     I've tried setting it from xterm,  but I can't seem to get it right.
     Note that I know how to set a default location in my .Xresources, but 
     I have several clients that I would like to login into (and locate 
     their icons) at start-up.

     All I can currently do now is pile the icons on top of each other.

As I am new to X I am also interested in Any documentation I can get my 
hands on.  We will be consulting (for our users) on X and I have been assigned 
to be the Xpert.  (I have my work cut out for me)  Any recommendations? 

Thanks 

Peter  

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