On Mon, Mar 29, 2004 at 03:18:54PM +0200, Joolz wrote:
> This is probably a newbie question, please bear with me :-)
>
> In my fvwm setup I want o be able to always see the tail of my system
> log. So I created this script called tail\ messages:
>
> sudo /usr/bin/tail -n 30 -s 1 -f /var/log/messages
>
> fvwmrc does this:
>
> AddToFunc InitFunction
> + I exec aterm -sh 100 -fg DarkGrey -geometry 140x20 -T "system log" -e tail\ messages
>
> This works fine, the problem is that I would like this window allways
> to be placed om Page 0, positioned in the lower right corner. I tried
> all kind of variations on this theme:
>
> Style "system log" NoTitle, CirculateSkipIcon, CirculateSkip, \
> NoPPosition, DumbPlacement, \
> CleverPlacementOff, StartsOnPage 0 150 150
>
> but the window won't appear in the right bottom. It does appear on
> Page 0, though.
>
> Can anybody tell me what I'm doing wrong here? Thanks!
Fvwm does not place windows in specific positions; you have to ask
the application to do it. In this case, use
$ + I exec aterm -g -0-0 ...
^^^^^^^
Ciao
Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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Received on Mon Mar 29 2004 - 07:34:35 BST