Re: FVWM: Restart doesn't work if there are command line options

From: Charles Hines <>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 10:01:39 -0400

>>>>> "Eric" == Eric Ding <ericding_at_san-jose.ate.slb.com> writes:

Eric> Hi,
Eric> I'm not sure there's an elegant solution, but I'll at least
Eric> point out the "problem" =b... if I start fvwm with some options,
Eric> for instance

Eric> fvwm -f "FvwmM4 .fvwm2rc"

Eric> then fvwm starts up fine. But if I want to (for whatever crazy
Eric> reason) switch to another window manager, I usually put

Eric> Restart twm

Eric> in my window manager and bind it to a menu item, for instance.
Eric> When I select the function, though, I get:

Eric> twm: unable to open twmrc file FvwmM4 .fvwm2rc, using
Eric> /usr/X11R5/sun4/lib/X11/twm/system.twmrc instead

Eric> which of course is a "bad thing." Perhaps line options should
Eric> only be passed to the restarted window manager if its executable
Eric> name is the same as the one under which the original window
Eric> manager is started or something?

Oooh. That's not good... I'll see about patching that for the next
release.

Chuck

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