A global window manager environment variable

[nyu 2]

It will make it easier for them to replace them again, in the future?

On 4/24/07, Patryk Zawadzki <patrys at pld-linux.org> wrote:
>
> On 4/24/07, nyu 2 <nyutwo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > It seems that it would be useful to have a globally-available preferred
> > window manager variable for people that don't like the default window
> > manager that their desktop environment provides.  Something like a NETWM
> > variable that, when set, specifies an alternate window manager to load,
> > perhaps.
> >
> > It should be a trivial change in most DEs' startup scripts.  Does anyone
> > else think that this may be a good idea?
>
> How will this help people who already replaced their WMs?
>
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> Patryk Zawadzki
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