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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers XWindows on Mac OSX Post 4961 by Alpha_Harblo on Sunday 5th of August 2001 01:13:28 PM
Old 08-05-2001
Question XWindows on Mac OSX
Hello, I'm like most people who post here, I'm new in UNIX. Yesterday I installed Xwindows on my OSX box just to learn as much about UNIX as I can. I been messing around with my terminal and conf files that have to do with Apache and sendmail and didn't mess anything up so I thought I was ready to get more on the side of unix. I have a toturial that came in last month's issure of Mac Addict along with the files needed on a disk, but they didn't tell how to use it.

What I get when I log into Xwindows are three terminals; one that says login and two that say, well I can't remember right now. I was expecting it to look a little like the SUN system we have at work; a little like gnome. Or at least have icons and GUI windows and menus.

On a page closer the front, they have a review of an OSX verison of GIMP called Xtools, they have a box on the bottom left corner of that page that talkes a little about X Windows. I assumed that is what forms the windows, icons, and menus. So I went back and installed a file called Xnest, it says this is "a nested X Window server". When I rebooted Xwindows after installing this, nothing changed.

Is there a command that I need to enter, did I do something wrong, is there a file I need to install, or am I just missing something?

Thanks for your help
 

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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN

ttk::sizegrip

ttk::sizegrip(3tk)						 Tk Themed Widget						ttk::sizegrip(3tk)

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NAME

       ttk::sizegrip - Bottom-right corner resize widget

SYNOPSIS

       ttk::sizegrip pathName ?options?
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DESCRIPTION

       A  ttk::sizegrip  widget  (also	known as a grow box) allows the user to resize the containing toplevel window by pressing and dragging the
       grip.

STANDARD OPTIONS

       -class		     -cursor		  -state
       -style		     -takefocus

       See the ttk_widget manual entry for details on the standard options.

WIDGET COMMAND

       Sizegrip widgets support the standard cget, configure, identify, instate, and state methods.  No other widget methods are used.

PLATFORM-SPECIFIC NOTES
       On Mac OSX, toplevel windows automatically include a built-in size grip by default.  Adding a ttk::sizegrip there is  harmless,	since  the
       built-in grip will just mask the widget.

EXAMPLES

       Using pack:
	      pack [ttk::frame $top.statusbar] -side bottom -fill x
	      pack [ttk::sizegrip $top.statusbar.grip] -side right -anchor se

       Using grid:
	      grid [ttk::sizegrip $top.statusbar.grip] 
		  -row $lastRow -column $lastColumn -sticky se
	      # ... optional: add vertical scrollbar in $lastColumn,
	      # ... optional: add horizontal scrollbar in $lastRow

BUGS

       If  the containing toplevel's position was specified relative to the right or bottom of the screen (e.g., "wm geometry ... wxh-x-y" instead
       of "wm geometry ... wxh+x+y"), the sizegrip widget will not resize the window.

       ttk::sizegrip widgets only support "southeast" resizing.

SEE ALSO

       ttk::widget(3tk)

KEYWORDS

       widget, sizegrip, grow box

Tk									8.5							ttk::sizegrip(3tk)
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