Re: -mwextwm works but -multiwindow does not

[luke dot kendall at cisra dot canon dot com dot au]

On  4 May, Harold L Hunt II wrote:
>  No, you are not supposed to be using -mwextwm nor -multiwindow.  Both of  
>  these parameters are intended to be used with a Windows-based window  
>  manager; -multiwindow starts this window manager automatically while  
>  -mwextwm relies on you to manually launch "xwinwm" (available in the  
>  xwinwm package for Cygwin) and since you are probably not launching  
>  xwinwm you are not having problems with trying to run two window  
>  managers in that case. 
>   
>  You need to be using either -rootless or -nodecoration (try each and  
>  decide which you like). 

Where is the best place to read up on all this?  I had a look at 
http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/configure-cygwin-x-options.html but
couldn't see a mention of -mwextwm.

I'm trying to work out a way to configure our setups so that it's easy
for individual users to choose between running rooted and using
..xinitrc, or rootless (if I can put it that way).

Is "xwinwm" a synonym for the Windows window manager?

If I start with -nodecoration and stick "exec xwinwm" in my .xinitrc,
will I get a rootless bunch of windows managed by Windows?

If I want a rootless bunch of windows managed by wmaker, can I still do
that?

luke