[RULE] TinyX

Martin Stricker shugal at gmx.de
Mon Dec 16 00:24:44 EET 2002


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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