Xvnc running without X window manager [was: single application?]

[ScanMan]

X with no windowmanager uses mouseover focusing. You have to put the
mouse cursor over the place you are trying to type, then it should work.

On 22 Oct 2001 15:15:04 -0400, Grant McDorman wrote:
> This probably wouldn't work very well, if at all. If the application has any
> dialogs at
> all, they'll come up without borders or titles; worse, you won't be able to
> type into them.
> 
> There might be problems with keyboard focus in the main window as well.
> 
> Mandrake 8.1 has this problem; the first time a newly-created user signs on
> (with X) on that system, a setup program is run *before* any window manager.
> Some of it wants text input; the first time I ran it, I was unable to enter
> any text whatsoever.
> 
> You are better off running at least a small window manager, such as twm.
> 
> According to lonnie "at" outstep.com:
> > This is a very interesting possibility.
> >
> > Could you please tell me more about how this might be done?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Lonnie
> >
> > Quoting guillermo pastor torrente <guillermo.pastor "at" itp.es>:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >   I would rather launch the application with no windowmanager- The only
> > > issue would be to pass the -geometry option properly to match the size
> > > of the Xsvc used.- Hope it helps!
> 
> --
> 
> Grant McDorman <grant.mcdorman "at" cedara.com>, Sr. Software Design Consultant
> Cedara Software Corp.  <URL:http://www.cedara.com>
>   (formerly I.S.G. Technologies Inc.)
> Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
> 
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