FVWM: fvwm hangs

2002-06-14 Thread Bruce M Beach
Hello All If I execute a tcl script from the fvwm menu that has the the following line: Tkxset Exec exec /scripts/tkxset It start up fine and works fine but when I push the quit button which executes the following tcl procedure #!/usr/local/bin/wish #-

Re: FVWM: fvwm hangs

2002-06-18 Thread Bruce M Beach
On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Dominik Vogt wrote: On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 09:49:22PM +, Bruce M Beach wrote: Hello All If I execute a tcl script from the fvwm menu that has the the following line: Tkxset Exec exec /scripts/tkxset the xterms dont' change color as I move

Re: FVWM: simple question: how execute xterm and then a script?

2002-08-17 Thread Bruce M Beach
On Sun, 18 Aug 2002, Mikhael Goikhman wrote: Funny, the following is incorrect in bash and ksh: % xterm ; xterm But this is correct in tcsh, zsh, ash and csh. If you put a command with in parentheses it should work in all shells: Exec (xterm ); (xterm ); (xterm ) Yeah. I've seen

Re: FVWM: simple question: how execute xterm and then a script?

2002-08-18 Thread Bruce M Beach
The real and simple truth is that the syntax of bash will just drive you crazy. Bruce -- 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

Re: FVWM: simple question: how execute xterm and then a script?

2002-08-19 Thread Bruce M Beach
On Sat, 17 Aug 2002, Mikhael Goikhman wrote: On 17 Aug 2002 19:13:24 +0200, Ulrich Fahrenberg wrote: On Sat, 17 Aug 2002, Felix Kater wrote: I defined a Menu to start an xterm like this: AddToMenu MenuBackup + start backup Exec exec xterm Along these lines

Re: FVWM: simple question: how execute xterm and then a script?

2002-08-19 Thread Bruce M Beach
On Sat, 17 Aug 2002, Mikhael Goikhman wrote: I thought the ';' would work. Here you should remove exec: Exec xterm ; xterm ; xterm The last is optional, but I would leave it for symmetry. + All Exec xterm ; xterm doesn't work. Nothing happens. If I remove the last xterm then

Re: FVWM: i can't run fvwm 2.4

2002-09-02 Thread Bruce M Beach
On Mon, 2 Sep 2002, Dominik Vogt wrote: Furthermore, *if* you stumble across a problem that is really bad, you may be forced to upgrade to a version that's very unstable. Right now I'm planning to rewrite major parts of the menu loop, the builtin command interface and the main event loop -

Re: FVWM: i can't run fvwm 2.4

2002-09-03 Thread Bruce M Beach
On Mon, 2 Sep 2002, Dominik Vogt wrote: Ah. On the FVWM home page it says: Latest Alpha Release: 2.5.3 which I must admit has coloured my thinking a bit. Doh. When the web site is updated the next time it will read very unstable instead of alpha. 1) I am at this point using

FVWM: Re: 2.5.x questions (Was: i can't run fvwm 2.4)

2002-09-04 Thread Bruce M Beach
On Tue, 3 Sep 2002, Mikhael Goikhman wrote: On 03 Sep 2002 12:02:41 +, Bruce M Beach wrote: 1) I am at this point using 2.5.2 more or less because I have to. I think your short description (in another thread) is not enough to understand the problem. Please add more details

Re: FVWM: grid in root window

2015-02-07 Thread bruce m beach
On Fri, Feb 06, 2015 at 09:19:26AM -0800, bruce m beach wrote: Hello Everybody I would like to put a configurable grid on the root window to help in the manual placement and sizing of windows. The simplest arrangement might be something like a horizontal line and a vertical line bisecting

AutoRaise

2002-08-24 Thread Bruce M Beach
1) I was looking at the Key function and trying to get a hot key from one window to another, or at least trying to modify the existing function which is perfect except one thing, it raises the window to the top. I use focus-follows mouse and tend to use bits and pieces of

Re: locale error messages

2002-09-20 Thread Bruce M Beach
On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, Dominik Vogt wrote: What do these error messages try to tell me: -- [FvwmButtons][FlocaleSetlocaleForX]: ERROR -- Cannot set locale. Please check your $LC_CTYPE or $LANG. [FvwmPager][FlocaleSetlocaleForX]: ERROR -- Cannot set locale. Please check your $LC_CTYPE or