FVWM: grid in root window

2015-02-06 Thread bruce m beach
Hello Everybody I would like to put a configurable grid on the root window to help in the manual placement and sizing of windows. The simplest arrangement might be something like a horizontal line and a vertical line bisecting the screeen in each direction. fvwm-root would work, I think, but coul

Re: FVWM: grid in root window

2015-02-07 Thread bruce m beach
On Fri, Feb 06, 2015 at 09:19:26AM -0800, bruce m beach wrote: > Hello Everybody > > I would like to put a configurable grid on the root window to > help in the manual placement and sizing of windows. The simplest > arrangement might be something like a horizontal line and a

FVWM: fvwm hangs

2002-06-14 Thread Bruce M Beach
Hello All If I execute a tcl script from the fvwm menu that has the the following line: "Tkxset" Exec exec /scripts/tkxset It start up fine and works fine but when I push the "quit" button which executes the following tcl procedure #!/usr/local/bin/wish #<-

Re: FVWM: fvwm hangs

2002-06-18 Thread Bruce M Beach
On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Dominik Vogt wrote: >On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 09:49:22PM +0000, Bruce M Beach wrote: >> Hello All >> >> If I execute a tcl script from the fvwm menu >> that has the the following line: >> "Tkxset" Exec exec /

Re: FVWM: Own mouse pointers: define hot spot?

2002-08-12 Thread Bruce M Beach
On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Gregg Dameron wrote: > Dominik Vogt wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 11:49:54AM -0400, Dan Espen wrote: > > > Dominik Vogt writes: > > > > Could you put that in the FAQ? > > > > > > Sure. ... I noticed that there was a facility shipped with the st

Re: FVWM: simple question: how execute xterm and then a script?

2002-08-17 Thread Bruce M Beach
On Sun, 18 Aug 2002, Mikhael Goikhman wrote: > Funny, the following is incorrect in bash and ksh: > > % xterm &; xterm > > But this is correct in tcsh, zsh, ash and csh. If you put a command > with & in parentheses it should work in all shells: > > Exec (xterm &); (xterm &); (xterm &) > Ye

Re: FVWM: simple question: how execute xterm and then a script?

2002-08-18 Thread Bruce M Beach
The real and simple truth is that the syntax of bash will just drive you crazy. Bruce -- Visit the official FVWM web page at http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL

Re: FVWM: simple question: how execute xterm and then a script?

2002-08-19 Thread Bruce M Beach
On Sat, 17 Aug 2002, Mikhael Goikhman wrote: > On 17 Aug 2002 19:13:24 +0200, Ulrich Fahrenberg wrote: > > > > On Sat, 17 Aug 2002, Felix Kater wrote: > > > > > I defined a Menu to start an xterm like this: > > > > > > AddToMenu MenuBackup > > > + "start backup" Exec exec xterm > > >

Re: FVWM: simple question: how execute xterm and then a script?

2002-08-19 Thread Bruce M Beach
On Sat, 17 Aug 2002, Mikhael Goikhman wrote: > > I thought the ';' would work. > > Here you should remove "exec": > Exec xterm &; xterm &; xterm & > The last & is optional, but I would leave it for symmetry. > + "All" Exec xterm &; xterm & doesn't work. Nothing happens. If I remove the l

Re: FVWM: simple question: how execute xterm and then a script?

2002-08-19 Thread Bruce M Beach
On Mon, 19 Aug 2002, Rob 'Feztaa' Park wrote: > Alas! Bruce M Beach spake thus: > >+ "All" Exec xterm &; xterm & > > > >doesn't work. Nothing happens. If I remove the last xterm then an > >xterm pops up as expected, as

Re: FVWM: i can't run fvwm 2.4

2002-09-02 Thread Bruce M Beach
On Mon, 2 Sep 2002, Dominik Vogt wrote: > > Furthermore, *if* you stumble across a problem that is really bad, > you may be forced to upgrade to a version that's very unstable. > Right now I'm planning to rewrite major parts of the menu loop, > the builtin command interface and the main event loop

Re: FVWM: i can't run fvwm 2.4

2002-09-02 Thread Bruce M Beach
On Mon, 2 Sep 2002, Dominik Vogt wrote: > > Ah. On the FVWM home page it says: > > > > Latest Alpha Release: 2.5.3 > > > > which I must admit has coloured my thinking a bit. > > Doh. When the web site is updated the next time it will read > "very unstable" instead of "alpha". > 1) I am at

FVWM: Re: 2.5.x questions (Was: i can't run fvwm 2.4)

2002-09-04 Thread Bruce M Beach
On Tue, 3 Sep 2002, Mikhael Goikhman wrote: > On 03 Sep 2002 12:02:41 +0000, Bruce M Beach wrote: > > > > 1) I am at this point using 2.5.2 more or less because I have to. > > I think your short description (in another thread) is not enough to > understand the problem. Pl