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Re: an x environment


Michael Anderson wrote:
> 
> Steve o wrote:
> >
> > fvwm2 ported without a hitch.
> 
> Hi Steve:
> 
> I've been using bash windows and vi for my work and wondering just how I
> might get X and fvwm working. Can you tell me the steps needed to do
> this? Which X server are you using and what other software needs to be
> installed? Config files? If you posted the process to the newsgroup, it
> might help out others wondering how to do this.

I am using Hummingbird's Exceed X Server, 
    http://www.hummingbird.com/products/exceed/
I set the environment variable DISPLAY=:0

I installed the "X client libs for NT" from 
    http://www.cygnus.com/misc/gnu-win32/

Fvwm needs xpm so I got that from: 
    ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/libraries/xpm-3.4j.tar.gz

Fvwm can be obtained from: 
    http://www.hpc.uh.edu/fvwm/

The steps to install are:
	tar -xvzf package.tar.gz
	cd package
	xmkmf -a
	make
	make install

Sometimes the install target in the Makefile will have: 
   cp foo /usr/local/bin/foo
These need to be changed to: 
   cp foo.exe /usr/local/bin/foo.exe

There are some sample .fvwm2rc files included in the distribution, 
copy one of these to your home directory. 

If you run fvwm, you'll want to set the Exceed 
    Xconfig->Window Mode->window manager to X.

You'll need Sergey's coolview and remote.tar.gz.
-steve
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