On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 11:27, Sven Luther wrote: > On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 11:27:54AM +0000, Bastien Nocera wrote: > > On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 10:56, Sven Luther wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 10:47:01AM +0000, Bastien Nocera wrote: > > > > > Is this not a bug in the session behavior ? Or should there not be a > > > > > way > > > > > to add a program to the default session ? Having to close all stuff > > > > > except the wanted ones and then saving the session does hardly seem > > > > > the > > > > > most intuitive way of doing this for me. > > > > > > > > There already is a way. Simply run the application, leave it running and > > > > it will start automatically. What's complicated about that ? > > > > > > Because i don't have save session on exit checked as default. > > > > > > > > > Same applies to sawfish BTW. > > > > > > > > > > Definitively a counter-intuitive behavior. > > > > > > > > Not really. It's clearly written in the Session properties that the > > > > Startup programs tab is for *non-session managed* programs. > > > > > > Err, i don't know what you are speaking about, at least in the french > > > locale, there is no such thing. > > > > It used to be there in GNOME 1.4. I guess it's been removed. Check: > > http://www.gnome.org/learn/users-guide/2.2.1/gosstartsession-2.html#gosstartsession-6 > > Well, if you have to read the doc, it is a sure indication that it is > counter-intuitive. > > > > > I launch a Perl script that updates the weather on my desktop in this > > > > tab. > > > > > > Ok. > > > > > > Then, what is missing is an "add program to session" button or something > > > in the current session tab. > > > > You won't get that. You need to save your session to be able to do that. > > Sure, another example of gnome 2 removing the prefs, but forgetting to > do it the right way.
That never was an option. If you have better ideas on how to do session management, don't hesitate to file a bug in the GNOME bugzilla under gnome-session. Cheers -- /Bastien Nocera http://hadess.net #2 0x4205a2cc in printf ("Oh my %s\n", preferred_deity) from /lib/i686/libc.so.6 printf ("Oh my %s\n", preferred_deity); Segmentation fault
