Re: Start Xorg server using xinit manually

[Joshua Branson]

Bone Baboon <bone.baboon@disroot.org> writes:

> Thanks for your reply.
>
> jbranso@dismail.de writes:
>
>> March 21, 2021 6:31 PM, "Bone Baboon" <bone.baboon@disroot.org> wrote:
>>
> I am trying to manually run `xinit` so that I can use Emacs X Window
> Manager (EXWM).  I have EXWM configured in my Emacs configuration file.
> I have a small number of important graphical applications I want to run
> in EXWM (web browser, Jami, qTox, ...).

Ok.  Very cool!

>
>> If all you are wanting is to use Emacs, you could always just launch Emace
>> from the virtual console, and not have mouse support.
>
> If I run `emacs` from a virtual terminal in the *Messages* buffer it
> says "[EXWM] Not running under X environment".

Do any of the officially supported guix wm's or desktop environments
work for you?

>
> I am currently working without `xorg` in virtual terminals or in Emacs
> with `emacsclient --tty`.  I am really appreciating `eww` as a browser
> that is in Emacs.

eww is certainly interesting.

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