Hello -- On 08/11/2007, Paul Novak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 12:34:48PM +0000, Thomas Adam wrote: > > > > > > in my config file and I want to start an exterm on desk 0, page 0 0 > > > and another on desk 0, page 0 1. In my InitFunction I have this line > > > for the second x term instance: > ... > > > "*Page..." stuff is part of the title in addition to what you already > > have it set as. But that's nonsense of course, since you really want > > to tell XTerm that the "page" string is an xrm hint, so tell it so: > > > > + "I" Exec xterm -T minnie -xrm "*Page:0 0 1" > > > > Note also that unless you're on FVWM 2.4.X, you shouldn't be using > > InitFunction in lieu of StartFunction. If you really want to have > > this "minnie" window happen on Init, use: > > > > AddToFunc StartFunction I Test (Init) Exec exec xterm -T minnie -xrm > > "*Page:0 0 1" > > > > I'd also ask you -why- you don't just forget this approach and use: > > > > Style minnie StartsOnPage 0 0 1 > > > > Or something similar. if you ever decided to change minnie to another > > terminal emulator, then not all of them honour the -xrm hints. > > I've wondered silently about his for years. Thank you for answering it!
I've written about this in much much more detail before now: http://fvwm.lair.be/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=1505 > I'm running Slackware 12.0 with fvwm2 version 2.4.20 (because that's what > Slackware 12.0 comes with). That's OK, but you'll find using FVWM 2.5.X a lot more beneficial. Almost all of the configs use features not found in 2.4.X alas. > I'd like to start firefox on a particular page. I can't get that to > work with version 2.4.20. That's probably down to the EWMHness of firefox, although I don't see why: Style Firefox-bin StartsOnPage X Y wouldn't work. That's the way you would do it in FVWM 2.5.X as well -- note though that you should be using the window's *class* given the variable and long nature of the window's title, see: http://linuxgazette.net/127/adam.html > If I upgraded to fvwm2 2.5.* and figure out the new syntax, would > I be able to pick the page that any application (including firefox) > starts on? Given that there's no difference, sure. :P -- Thomas Adam
