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From: jesse@csmd49.nntp.cs.UNI-Magdeburg.DE (Roland Jesse)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: XF86 resizing and moving windows
Date: 21 Feb 1996 15:17:15 GMT
Organization: Otto von Guerricke Universitaet Magdeburg
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In-reply-to: dbos@ophelia.waterloo.net's message of 20 Feb 1996 12:06:17 -0500

In article <4gcv29$8eb@ophelia.waterloo.net> dbos@ophelia.waterloo.net (David Bos) writes:

> I just installed XF86 and FreeBSD on my 486.
> 
> How do I move and/or resize windows when running X.
> Also, is it possible to minimize windows.
> 
> These might seem like obvious questions, but I could not find an answer 
> in the FAQ.
> 
> The last time I used X was with HP-UX and there was a task bar at the bottom
> similar to Windows 95.

Sounds like you should try another window manager than twm. Try the fvwm (it is in the
package collection).

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Roland (rj,-) Jesse, stud.rer.nat. et phil.
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