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From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@redhat.com>
To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: archlinux lxde ratpoison adventure
Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2019 11:11:07 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191225111107.5a80ffdc@telaviv1.shlomifish.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.NEB.2.21.1912241239030.23485@panix1.panix.com>

Hi,

On Tue, 24 Dec 2019 12:42:25 -0500
Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@redhat.com> wrote:

> I can't yet get this combination running since ratpoison can't find a
> DISPLAY yet.  The linux system had a command line environment earlier and
> had no need of a DISpLAY at that time.  I'm curious to know if ratpoison
> will be better than xorg and I've already got ratpoison in my .xinitrc
> file.
>

ratpoison is a window manager and depends on xorg (see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratpoison ) and does not replace it.

Just my 2 cents.

-- 

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