Re: KDE for CygWin?

[Harold L Hunt II <huntharo at msu dot edu>]

Charles,

You probably want to edit your startup script (startxwin.bat or 
startxwin.sh) and comment out the line that starts twm.  You then want 
to add the -multiwindow command-line parameter to XWin.exe.  That should 
probably give you something more like you are looking for (uses an 
integrated Windows-based window manager).

Yes, KDE is available for Cygwin, but it is huge and requires a 
non-standard version of a couple components for Cygwin/XFree86 (XWin.exe 
being one of them).  Check the Links page on xfree86.cygwin.com for more 
information.  Remember that your other option is to use -query to open 
an XDMCP session on a remote box (e.g. a Linux machine) and use whatever 
window manager and apps that you want to on that machine (such as KDE, 
Gnome, etc.).  This is usually a pretty good alternative if you are 
using Cygwin/XFree86 primarily for running apps on a *nix box on the 
same network as your own that already had a better window manager installed.

Hope that helps,

Harold

Charles E. Cooper wrote:
> I have been using Cygwin to connect from a PC, Windows 2000 to a Solaris 
> machine where our target system is run.
>
> The TWM window manager doesn't have all the featues I'd like, so I was 
> curious if there's another window manager.
> I saw a reference to KDE, but when I installed it, it installed as a 
> separate task on the PC, not to change the default window manager for 
> the Cygwin.
>
> Is there a way to change window managers, and how?
> I'm a Unix level user, not a heavy programmer type.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Chuck
>
> Charles E. Cooper
> Applied Research Laboratory
> The Pennsylvania State University
> (814) 865-6829 (Swift Office)
> (814) 865-2020
> ccooper@psu.edu