No no, that wiki page doesn't mention this "false" argument. That was just for me to guess that you use awful.util.spawn(), because awful.util.spawn_with_shell() always uses this "false" argument.
So this wasn't google'able, I guess. On 08.07.2012 14:58, Abhijeet R wrote: > Thanks. That was exactly what I needed. I feel sorry for not foing a > simple google search. > > On Sun 08 Jul 2012 06:12:14 PM IST, Uli Schlachter wrote: >> On 08.07.2012 13:07, Abhijeet R wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Whenever I try to open an application using dmenu_run, the mouse cursor >>> changes to "waiting" (circular, showing a clock) to show as a feedback >>> that an app is opening. Is there a way to disable that? >> >> A quick google led me to the wiki: >> >> http://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/Using_dmenu >> >> Assuming you do the stuff from that web page, use >> awful.util.spawn("dmenu_run", >> false) instead of plain awful.util.spawn("dmenu_run"). >> >> The optional 'false' argument disables startup notification. >> >> Uli -- A learning experience is one of those things that say, 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.' -- Douglas Adams -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected].
