[conspire] running without a DE- dynamically activating external monitor

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Tony Godshall (togo at of.net):

> /me switches back to
> 
> startx -- $(which xterm)
> 
> from console, followed by invocation of a wm
> 
> ion&

I take it ion doesn't furnish the means to restart itself or switch to a
different WM on the fly.  Too bad.

But yes, I've certainly used that trick of making an xterm the first X11
client and just parking it in a corner, reduced to its title bar, and
leaving it alone.