02-27-2002
Setting window manager manually for GNome
So, I just finished building a FreeBSD box from the ground up using only the ports collection and got my box up and running with XFree86 4.1.0 and KDE 2.2.
Some of the tools that I installed required GNome so I installed GNome 1.4 as well. When I fire up GNome I get informed that my window manager is not GNome friendly. "Okidoke, I can handle that" I say to myself and I installed Sawfish from the FreeBSD Ports.
I bring GNome back up and it still complains that my window manager is not GNome friendly. I fiddle around and find the list of installed window managers (twm and Sawfish). I fiddled around and on one property sheet, I was informed that Sawfish was not running. I am assuming that this message means that Sawfish is not the default window-manager and therefor is not running.
The question is, how do I manually change the window manager that GNome is using currently? I am assuming that I just overlooked something this morning before I ran off to work.
I have really enjoyed setting up FreeBSD from scratch with the ports. Really, really cool stuff. I have never setup Apache with PHP4 with such ease! The ports team for FreeBSD have done a really good job. Only one port has refused to compile for me (Ogle, DVD player) so I am quite happy.
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glscissor
GLSCISSOR(3G) GLSCISSOR(3G)
NAME
glScissor - define the scissor box
C SPECIFICATION
void glScissor( GLint x,
GLint y,
GLsizei width,
GLsizei height )
PARAMETERS
x, y Specify the lower left corner of the scissor box. Initially (0, 0).
width, height
Specify the width and height of the scissor box. When a GL context is first attached to a window, width and height are set to the
dimensions of that window.
DESCRIPTION
glScissor defines a rectangle, called the scissor box, in window coordinates. The first two arguments, x and y, specify the lower left
corner of the box. width and height specify the width and height of the box.
To enable and disable the scissor test, call glEnable and glDisable with argument GL_SCISSOR_TEST. The test is initially disabled. While
the test is enabled, only pixels that lie within the scissor box can be modified by drawing commands. Window coordinates have integer val-
ues at the shared corners of frame buffer pixels. glScissor(0,0,1,1) allows modification of only the lower left pixel in the window, and
glScissor(0,0,0,0) doesn't allow modification of any pixels in the window.
When the scissor test is disabled, it is as though the scissor box includes the entire window.
ERRORS
GL_INVALID_VALUE is generated if either width or height is negative.
GL_INVALID_OPERATION is generated if glScissor is executed between the execution of glBegin and the corresponding execution of glEnd.
ASSOCIATED GETS
glGet with argument GL_SCISSOR_BOX
glIsEnabled with argument GL_SCISSOR_TEST
SEE ALSO
glEnable(3G), glViewport(3G)
GLSCISSOR(3G)