window managers

[schwartze]

A couple of questions. I have been trying different window managers and seem to be having the same problems with all of them.

1. getting apps to open inside my window (the toolbars are usually opening above my top toolbar - so I can not move them. This does not happen using Windowmaker after I chose to have the windows open in random places.

2. and I have this problem with all of the managers - I am using a tiBook with no external mouse so for a right click I always use ctrl+click, but this does not seem to work in any x11 wm. It did work with Enlightenment, but I screwed that up on one user and now I can't even use that user... I am rambling - sorry.

I guess the two things I am looking for are ways to get the 'puter to recognize the window borders and a way to emulate the right click in x11 apps.

Any and all help is appreciated.

[bluehz]

Are you using Apple X11 or Fink installed X11?

Which WM are you trying to use?

[sao]

schwartze wrote:
getting apps to open inside my window (the toolbars are usually opening above my top toolbar - so I can not move them.
It seems to me you're using Apple's X11, if you are, probably the solution is to call the apps in you ~/.xinitrc file with the --geometry option.

Check the following post:

"11- The Mac menu bar coverup problem: "

at the:

"X11: Frequently Asked Questions":

http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8704

[schwartze]

thanks sao - that's what I was looking for. an additional question though. do I need to add the geometry on for each program I try to launch or is there a way to make it universal?

Is there a way around me buying a mouse with a right button?

thanks for all your help.


bluehz - I am using the Apple X11 but have been downloading the window managers and other programs from Fink

[sao]

wrote:
do I need to add the geometry on for each program I try to launch
I'm afraid at the moment, that's the way to do it, when you are not using quartz-wm.

Well, you already know the workaround if you use windowmaker, but also in icewm you can define an area for docks, start menus and other stuff, which programms cannot overlap. This is meant to be used with the gnome-panel, but it should also work with the apple-menu.