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16634   how to make dtwm look like mwm in Solaris 2.6   3 Mar 1998

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How do you make the CDE window manager, dtwm, look like the Motif Window
manager, mwm?

This functionality is only for Solaris 2.6/CDE 1.2.

Do the following:

1. Add the following resources to ~/.Xdefaults:

     Dtwm*useFrontPanel: False
     Dtwm*configFile: $HOME/.mwmrc

   There may be other resources that need to be set differently as well.  See
   the dtwm man page for more information.

   The configFile resource assumes you are using a customized .mwmrc file.
   If you are not, you do not need to set this resource.  The resource is
   documented in the dtwm man page.

   The root menus for dtwm and mwm are not the same.  The dtwm root menu is
   fully configurable, so you can make changes in the root menu if you need
   to.  See the man pages for dtwm and dtwmrc for more information.

   If you want these resource changes to be system-wide for all users, copy
   /usr/dt/app-defaults/C/Dtwm to /etc/dt/app-defaults/C and make the changes
   in there.  Note: if you are using a locale other than the standard English
   locale, replace C with the name of your locale.

2. Set the OW_WINDOW_MANAGER environment variable to /usr/dt/bin/dtwm -name
Mwm:
   csh: setenv OW_WINDOW_MANAGER /usr/dt/bin/dtwm -name Mwm
   ksh: OW_WINDOW_MANAGER=/usr/dt/bin/dtwm -name Mwm; export OW_WINDOW_MANAGER

   Note: this assumes that you are using the standard .xinitrc, which is
   copied from /usr/openwin/lib/Xinitrc.  If you have a modified one, please
   move .xinitrc to another location for the test.
	
   The option -name Mwm lets dtwm behave as if it were mwm.  It actually reads
   all the resources starting with Mwm*.  This option is documented in the
   dtwm man page.

3. Set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable to
/usr/dt/lib:/usr/openwin/lib:
   csh: setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/dt/lib:/usr/openwin/lib
   ksh: LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/dt/lib:/usr/openwin/lib; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH

Note: Sun does not endorse or support this functionality of dtwm.

SOLUTION SUMMARY:
Product Area Windows
Product CDE
OS Solaris 2.x
Hardware any

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