I prefer to login to the TUI when starting VL and from there I can start X and a windowmanager/de using the provided startx(fce4) options.
The questions are: after installing a new windowmanager (for instance windowmaker [wmaker]) how does one go about starting that windowmanager/de? Possibly more important, how does one go about creating a simple start<wm/de> script for easy starting?
This thread, along with my own experiences, are what have forced me to finally ask this question

. What I've done in the past was to create an xinitrc.<wm/de> for each wm/de along with a start<wm/de> for each by simply copying the existing ones and renaming, but I've never felt that this was the proper way (not to mention that I wasn't sure what data was important/relevant to keep). Hopefully this makes sense - I'd be happy to re-phrase if needed

Locations are:
xinitrc: /etc/X11/xinit (used xinitrc.xfce as template)
startx: /usr/bin (used startxfce4 as template)
Cheers!