>>>>> "Ray" == "raymond (r e ) marshall" <raym_at_bnr.ca> writes:
Ray> I work primarily in fvwm, it's my WM of choice. But,
Ray> occasionally I have to switch to olwm for GUI testing.
Ray> Unfortunately, I have not discovered a way to gracefully
Ray> switch back to fvwm. As it stands now, when I exit olwm, I
Ray> get logged out, and thereby loose all of the work I had
Ray> running in other windows.
Rather than switching window managers, you might want to investigate
the Xnest server. It's an X server that runs in a window on an X
display. You can manage your main display with fvwm. Then, in the
Xnest window, run olwm. Just iconify the window when you don't need
it.
Xnest comes with X11R6.
--
Sean Kelly
NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory kelly_at_fsl.noaa.gov
Boulder Colorado USA http://www-sdd.fsl.noaa.gov/~kelly/
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Received on Mon Mar 11 1996 - 15:29:01 GMT