Re: [rox-users] ROX-Session vs xinit

[Guido S. <__g...@we...>]

Am 27.08.2004 14:42:29 schrieb(en) Guillaume Lovet:
> Greetings,
> 
> I was just wondering, what are the benefits of using ROX-Session over  
> manually editing your ~/.xinitrc (so that it starts the panel, the  
> pinboard manager, the WM, and any other progs you may like to load  
> upon starting X) and booting X with, say, xinit ?

> Of course, settings featured in my ~/Choices/ROX-Session/Settings.xml  
> (eg: gtk theme) were inactive, but more surprisingly I noticed that  
> the OroboROX settings (such as windows behaviour) would not be  
> effective if I'd launch X without ROX-Session. Is this an expected  
> behaviour or a bug?
> In the former case, are there any other effects of getting in X  
> "sessionless" ? (I mean, else than losing the ability to press "log  
> out" instead of killing X and typing "exit")

> In a nutshell: what's the ROX-Session binary doing ? :)

- error logging
- xsettings manager
- dialog for restarting a crashed ROX-Filer or window manager
- logout/halt/reboot/sleep dialog (now using a python GUI frontend)