--- Stephen Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > As you mentioned, another way would be to launch the application
> > without an
> > xterm. How exactly are you launching the application? An xterm is not
> > required to run X programs such as firefox.
>
> I haven't figured out how to do it. Firefox needs X-window.
You're using twm for your window manager, right? You can set up menus for
different programs you want to run. I recommend you read the manual page
twm(1) for a lot of information on customizing twm. I don't use twm, though;
I usually use a different window manager. But here's what you can probably do
to make using twm easier:
# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
cd
[ -f .twmrc ] && mv .twmrc{,.orig}
install -m 0640 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/twm/system.twmrc .twmrc
cat >> .twmrc << "EOF"
Button2 = : root : f.menu "TwmWindows"
Button3 = : root : f.menu "programs"
menu "programs"
{
"Programs" f.title
"Firefox" f.exec "exec firefox &"
"Calculator" f.exec "exec xcalc &"
"Editor" f.exec "exec xedit &"
}
EOF
# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
I'm assuming you haven't yet customized your .twmrc; if you already have a
.twmrc, the file test command ([ -f .twmrc ]) will back-up your original as
.twmrc.orig. Then the system-wide twmrc from
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/twm/system.twmrc will be copied to your home directory. I
used the "install" command to copy the file and set the permissions at the
same time (6 = read-write for the user, 4 = read-only for the group, and 0 =
nothing for others). Finally, the "cat" command will add a "Programs" menu to
your .twmrc, with a mouse binding on the right mouse button.
After executing those commands, left-click on the root window and choose
"Restart" and that will update your configuration to use the new settings.
Now you may right-click on the root window to get a list of programs. Edit
.twmrc to customize it.
> Furthermore about the icons on screen, would it be possible to align
> them on bottom/top/either side of the screen, not manually, rather than
> let them floating around there?
Like I said, I'm not a regular twm user, but looking in the twm manpage, I
found an option called IconRegion which seemed to be what you are wanting.
But when I tried setting IconRegion to a region near the top of the screen,
it didn't seem to influence where the icons were placed; I still had to do it
manually. Here's the setting I tried; maybe something else will work for you:
IconRegion 1019x175+3+3 North West 8 8
that needs to be in $HOME/.twmrc, of course. There are lots of other
customizations you can make to twmrc. When using it for a little while, I
decided I didn't like the default menu ("defops") and changed it to look like
this:
menu "defops"
{
"Twm" f.title
"Show Iconmgr" f.showiconmgr
"Hide Iconmgr" f.hideiconmgr
"" f.nop
"Xterm" f.exec "exec xterm &"
"Programs..." f.menu "programs"
"" f.nop
"Kill" f.destroy
"Delete" f.delete
"Identify" f.identify
"" f.nop
"Restart" f.restart
"Exit" f.quit
}
That's more streamlined for my use. The "defops" menu is what gets displayed
when you left-click on the root window. Edit the .twmrc to customize it.
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