From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/7504 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Robert D. Crawford" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: How many use eMacs and Gnus on daily basis? Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 15:01:25 -0500 Message-ID: <87r71wwzje.fsf@comcast.net> References: <87bqt5arue.fsf@comcast.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1149972026 10206 80.91.229.2 (10 Jun 2006 20:40:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 20:40:26 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 10 22:40:25 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FpAFs-0005SH-7z for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 22:40:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FpAFr-0004oG-Qm for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 16:40:23 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local02.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 15:01:46 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:0R4hbtKZmgmUEdOafJY2lgUXW1o= Original-Lines: 52 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.52.129.38 Original-X-Trace: sv3-tkAyv9Z0sFsrc8FLgaxI98CcCRxBLgBG87VZGAv+vdXGBwD7AVU+dMY6nLFTrU06mlnTSLOZlOcV4ak!3UF85ZsRrZdW1BmjMqkVcaAnhnX4ryZkb5MU49IEILGKrqdWRMT53cHhNd8M Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.32 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:77687 Original-To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:7504 Archived-At: Joe Bush writes: >>I don't even run a window manager. I just start emacs from my .xsession >>file. I am not saying that this will work for everyone. If you are >>used to point-clicky interfaces you might not like emacs. Manipulating >>graphics files is, I believe, a no-go, but viewing them works. > > Can you explain how this is done, or provide a link that describes the > steps? Really it's just as Tim said. I log into the machine via a console. I don't run [xgk]dm. After I log in I issue the command startx which starts x. My .xsession file looks like this,: /* next line begins .xsession */ #!/bin/bash # I am not sure that I need this anymore, as I don't # use anything but emacs. Take a look at the man page # for xrdb to see what it is for. xrdb ~/.Xdefaults # I have remapped the capslock key to be a super key, and the # browser next and back buttons on my Thinkpad to perform emacs # functions xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap # I can see enough to tell that there is a sliver of the root # window that is not covered by emacs, therefore I set it to be # black xsetroot -solid black # if you wanted to start a wm from here, in this case, fvwm, here # is how to do it. #exec fvwm # Instead, I run a script that starts emacs with emacspeak exec emacspeak /* end .xsession file */ Then, just as Tim said, when you exit emacs, you exit x, which will take you back to the console or the x login manager. rdc -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Robert D. Crawford rdc1x@comcast.net