Just what I needed Pete! Thanks :)
> Nigel, > I have a little wrapper script to stop the double (triple/quadruple!) > clicking. You can take a look at > http://www.elbnet.com/libsys/files/mozilla-start > > You could easily add a similar lock file check to your little > hourglass script. > > Pete Billson > -- > http://www.elbnet.com > ELB Internet Service, Inc. > Web Design, Computer Consulting, Internet Hosting > > nigel barker wrote: >> This little script was given to me by friendly people at just linux >> forums >> >> #!/bin/bash >> xsetroot -cursor_name watch & >> konqueror /mnt/student/ -geometry 600x500 & >> sleep 5 >> xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr >> exit >> >> when the user clicks the icon on the icewm toolbar: >> the wait (watch) cursor appears >> the app is launched (in this case konqueror with some parameters) >> then after sleeping for a while, the cursor changes back. >> >> you can play with the sleep to get the desired effect on your system. >> best >> to have a long wait to prevent over clicking at busy times. >> >> I have the script saved in /etc/icewm and its executable >> >> the /etc/icewm/toolbar file is edited to point to the script >> >> this only works if the cursor moves over blank desktop. if it stays on >> the >> toolbar, or moves over an open window, then the normal pointer appears. >> >> >> I would really like to stop multiple launches. Let me know if you get >> any >> good answers to your second point. >> >> >> >>>G'day, >>> >>>I've been toying with LTSP for years and it looks like I'm finally going >>>to get to deploy it for real. Before I do though I have two questions >>>that didn't get any good hits in the archives but I'm sure that >>>experienced LTSP'ers will no doubt have solutions. >>> >>>1. I've decided to run with Icewm to keep things as fast as possible. >>>However there doesn't appear to be any feedback to the user on >>>application startup (like the hourglass cursor). I know of the Xalf >>>project and was going to use that but it appears to be at end of life >>>because there is a new application notification standard that Gnome/KDE >>>support but Ice doesn't. I'm open to using a different window manager >>>and have installed Fvwm (but disappointed with it's look and feel, and >>>not sure that I want to spend the yards working out how to change it >>>seeing as it also doesn't appear to provide a busy feed back). Someone >>>else has suggested that the cursor is not necessary as the cpu monitor >>>in the Icewm task bar activates when the user launches and app but this >>>is not really that good and goes off when other users do stuff. I also >>>don't want the constant network traffic that the cpu thing requries. >>> >>>2. How can I restrict the number of applications that a user launches to >>>a reasonable amount? The users are being moved from a PC environment >>>where they seem to be in the habit of trying to get the most many >>>applications iconified into the task bar. I would think that half a >>>dozen applications per user would be heaps. >>> >>>TIA's >>> >>>Pete >>> >>> >>> >>>------------------------------------------------------- >>>SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies >>>from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, >>>informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to >>>speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click >>>_____________________________________________________________________ >>>Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss >>>For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net >>> >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies > from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, > informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to > speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net > -- -- nigel ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
