From a872e47a898d1c652a371e1caee5517343e76cb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mayfrost Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 22:55:35 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update X.md --- X.md | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/X.md b/X.md index 5df1522..7dec468 100644 --- a/X.md +++ b/X.md @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Set xorg and a desktop environment fast. ## NO DE -To use a window manager without any desktop environment, or even a login manager, you can just install the applications mentioned here. Which are: +To use a window manager without any desktop environment, or even a login manager, you can just install the applications mentioned here and edit the _".xinitrc"_ file with the appro. The required applications are: * Ratpoison * Xbindkeys * hsetroot or imagemagick (or replace it in _".xinitrc"_ with your preferred wallpaper changer) @@ -19,11 +19,6 @@ To use a window manager without any desktop environment, or even a login manager * dmenu * Whatever you want on your _".ratpoisonrc"_ -After that you login and simply type: -`startx` -whenever you want to start X. - - Next is an example _".xinitrc"_ file which goes under your home directory: ``` # load your preferred terminal settings @@ -41,6 +36,11 @@ hsetroot -fill ~/.wallpaper.jpg # launch the window manager (needs to be done at the end) exec dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session ratpoison ``` + +After that you login and simply type: +`startx` +whenever you want to start X. + ## RATPOISON Productive, automated, scriptable, and minimal, Ratpoison is a strict tiling window manager using similar bindings to GNU Screen. A few of its benefits are.