what is party_like_its_1989 ?

Alan Coopersmith alan.coopersmith at oracle.com
Fri Feb 2 18:11:39 UTC 2024


On 2/2/24 10:01, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote:
> Hello folks,
> 
> what exactly is the field party_like_its_1989 actually for ?

It implements the -retro command line option to start up with the grey weave
background and classic X cursor, as X servers did in 1989, instead of the
default behavior of modern X servers to start with no background and no cursor
and to leave setting the actual background & cursor up to the window manager.

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