Re: [RP] a few recommendations

[shawn]

>
>> 2) I like the idea that closing the last app exits ratpoison.  Also please
>>    make it spawn an xterm on starting up.
>
>i dont really agree with this anymore.  i dont want x going down when
>i close my last window.  starting an xterm on bootup?  edit your
>.xinitrc to start one before ratpoison.
>
>> 3) Background. Please make it black by default, not that ugly gray X uses.
>
>this is not the wm's job.  use a desktop manager, or set it in your
>.xinitrc before starting the wm.
> 
>> Maybe make that first xterm that pops up register itself as /dev/console for
>> accepting kernel error spam messages and such.  Or even the X server stderr
>> messages :>  Really freak someone out, they think they start X, but they
>> see the startup messages and a shell prompt...  Make X invisible until 
>> one starts a graphical app.
>
>this might be useful actually.  *if* we do have anything start up by
>default it should be something like a /dev/console.  how portable is
>something like this though?  although i do think all of that can still
>be done with your .xinitrc.
>
>adding things like background color and on boot up program launches is
>only going to bloat the code.  not everyone will agree how it should
>look/what should be booted up by default, etc.

Perhaps we should create a suggested shell script that sets the mouse
cursor, the background color, and starts an xterm...