* Jun 30 19:24 Mikhael Goikhman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 30 Jun 2003 19:12:02 +0200, Johan Svedberg wrote: > > > > * Jun 30 19:04 Johan Svedberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Hi, all! > > > > > > I've bumped into somewhat of a problem when I Swallow XConsole in my > > > FvwmButtons. The problem lies in the fact that on some systems where I > > > use this setup the display manager (XDM) has already started an XConsole. > > > So > > > when I use a this line: > > > > > > *FvwmButtons: (1x1-0+0, Padding 0 0, Swallow "XConsole" 'Exec > > > exec xconsole -bg black -fg white -fn 5x7 -file /dev/console -verbose &') > > > > > > ...the XConsole doesn't even get swallowed. Now I know that I can use > > > Swallow (UseOld) to make it swallow the existing XConsole, but then I > > > have the problem that I can't customize XConsole the way I want. > > > > > > So I guess what I'm looking for is a way to get the running XConsole out > > > of the way and swallow my own process, is there a clean way to do this? > > > > Looking at the existing flags to Swallow, maybe KillOld would be an idea > > to implement? > > Do: > > *FvwmButtons: (1x1-0+0, Padding 0 0, Swallow "XConsole" 'Exec killall > xconsole; xconsole -bg black -fg white -fn 5x7 -file /dev/console -verbose') > > If your system has no killall, replace it with kill/pidof or whatever > else your system has. > > Or alternativelly use (Swallow "XConsole" RestartConsole) with: > > AddToFunc RestartConsole > + I All (XConsole) Close > + I Exec exec xconsole -bg black -fg white -fn 5x7 -file /dev/console > -verbose
Thanks Mikhael. -- Johan Svedberg, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.acc.umu.se/~winkle -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: 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 PROTECTED]
