Re: [tlug] Running without Gnome/KDE/xfce/whatever. (was: Ubuntu 16.04-LTS Japanese Text Input)

[Christian Horn <chorn@example.com>]

On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 01:02:17PM +0900, Curt Sampson wrote:
> On 2016-04-25 12:20 +0200 (Mon), Christian Horn wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 03:04:58PM +0900, Curt Sampson wrote:
> >
> > > Is that WindowMaker on Gnome, or WindowMaker on KDE, or....
> > 
> > ..just xorg.
> 
> Interesting. So how do you handle starting things like dbus (normally
> started by the sesion manager) that various applications need, and how
> do you handle display of things like input method and NetworkManager
> icons? Did you steal a button bar from some other environment?

I run dbus, it's not exclusively for graphical applications, to my
understanding.

I don't use a button to remind me of the currently selected input
method.  When switching to the next input method (via shift+space
as per my settings), ibus shows me a list of all available 
methods - that is enough for me.

I use the NetworkManager applet very rarely. nmcli is available 
for controlling NetworkManager.  On occasions when I want the 
applet, i.e. when wlans change from room to room on conferences, 
I start 'wmdocker' and then 'nm-applet'.

Chris