Re: [STUMP] cmucl 18d, clx, stumpwm cvs

[Shawn Betts]

Jay Belanger <address@hidden> writes:

> Harold Sargeant <address@hidden> writes:
> ...
> > If you use
> > xterm -e startstumpwm
> > 
> > or as I do using xdm under Debian 
> > exec xterm -e startstumpwm & 
> > in .xsession
> > 
> > you will be able to stop stumpwm, make changes (within lisp) and then 
> > restart it
> > again without leaving X.
> 
> *Thunk*
> Okay, I get it now.
> And this is what Shawn meant when he said that he ran StumpWM from 
> within emacs.
> 
> But then this brings up the obvious question.
> If you can run emacs in X without a window manager, who needs a window
> manager?  Ratpoison and StumpWM have been nice, but I guess I don't
> need them anymore.

Hi Jay,

I thot the same thing before I wrote ratpoison. Eventually I had to
run another X app and suddenly I missed a WM.

Good luck on your no-wm adventures :).

Shawn