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Sindi wrote:
> 
> I think I typed something like startx -e kermit but 
> this is not working.  This would be simpler than redoing 
> rxvt size in the swm  menu and fiddling with font sizes.

No, it won't be easier.  You will still have to do fonts and
geometry.

> Another option is to use ratpoison, 

There are many different wm.  The BL1 version of icewm will
probably work on BL3, but I think you'd need to install some 
extra libraries.  Same for ratpoison.

> which is somewhat larger than swm but uses full-screen windows 
> by default 

You can easily use full-screen windows with swm.  Just set the
geometry of the menu items to the appropriate numbers.

> You use keyboard commands to switch between windows.  

In swm, ALT-TAB switches between windows.

> I can unpackage .deb packages using BL2 (ar -x 

BL3 also has ar

> You only need the ratpoison executable, 
> 215K old version compiled, 

That's more than 10 times the size of swm!

> swm is 19K but needs 55K libXpm and mouse.  

As I explained previously, it is possible to use swm without 
a mouse.  You don't even need the menu.  Just start all your 
applications full-screen in ~/.xinitrc and use ALT-TAB to 
switch between them.

Cheers,
Steven