On Thu, 14 Jul 2016 12:44:35 +0000 (UTC)
Go Linux <golinux@???> wrote:

> On Thu, 7/14/16, Steve Litt <slitt@???> wrote:
>
> Subject: Re: [DNG] Need for documentation
> To: dng@???
> Date: Thursday, July 14, 2016, 12:27 AM
>
> On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 22:39:34 -0400
> Steve Litt <slitt@???> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > When installing, you get to pick which window manager you want.
> > Trouble is, there's no obvious way to change your window manager
> > after the fact. Somebody needs to document how to do this, and keep
> > the document in an obvious place, with a link from the top of our
> > documentation tree.
>
> Golinux told me that to change the window manager, when on the login
> screen, you repeatedly press F1 to cycle through the installed window
> managers. I confirm this, and will document it.
>
> However, I think somebody from Devuan should add to the login window's
> graphic (the stylized lightgreen and darkergreen Login graphic) the
> string "Press F1 to switch window managers." Today's computers should
> be discoverable, and this is just too easy not to do. I'd do it myself
> but I don't know which graphic, and probably my modification would be
> an aesthetic step backward.
>
> Thanks,
>
> SteveT
>
> --------------------------------------------
>
> The "stylized lightgreen and darkergreen Login graphic" went bye-bye
> a long time ago. It should be a nice purpy just like the desktop.
> Do you have the latest desktop-base installed?
>
> golinux

:-)

We all have our little areas of knownothingness. Mine is places like
version/upgrade/git and bug filing. I installed from a Jessie beta iso,
and I did several apt-get update; apt-get upgrade commands, and mine's
still green.

If you designed that graphic, could you please go in there and add
(properly stylized but obvious at a glance) "Press F1 to change window
manager"?

And thanks for telling me how to change desktops. Several emails here
and questions on the IRC failed to get the right answer.

Thanks,

SteveT

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