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Re: [RULE] TinyX
From: |
Martin Stricker |
Subject: |
Re: [RULE] TinyX |
Date: |
Sun, 15 Dec 2002 23:24:44 +0100 |
Vadim Plessky wrote:
> | Tinyx does not use a configuration file at all. Options can be
> | passed to the server on the command line. If you create a link
> | from /usr/X11R6/bin/X to the server you want to start, options can
> | also be set in the /usr/X11R6/bin/startx script as "server
> | options"
>
> Strange. I think this is kind of "bad design" - while passing
> parameters at command line is ok when number of parameters is small.
> But for other cases, I think something like XF86Config (or simplified
> varian tof it) is much more useful.
Normally I would agree, but remember that TinyX was built to be as small
as possible! Adding the code to parse the config file would add
unnecessary size and requirements.
Sorry, I didn't yet test tinyX, so no help for your other questions
possible. :-((
Best regards,
Martin Stricker
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