Re: FVWM: fvwm2: opening windows at start time?

From: Charles Hines <>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 17:03:51 -0500

>>>>> "Jeff" == Jeff Earickson <jaearick_at_colby.edu> writes:

Jeff> Hi,
Jeff> I've just converted from fvwm 1.24 to 2.0b38.

Welcome aboard.

Jeff> I never claimed to understand everything about 1.24, so my
Jeff> transition to 2.0 is even more confusing. Questions:

Jeff> 1) if modules in 2.0 don't exist (eg, GoodStuff and FvwmAuto) do
Jeff> I just fire up the 1.24 version?

Nope. Goodstuff has been replaced by FvwmButtons. FvwmAuto is still
there though...

Jeff> 2) I want applications ( like xterm windows, xloads, netscape)
Jeff> to always start up at initialization time. How do I do this
Jeff> from within .fvwm2rc? Can I do this? With version 1.24, I
Jeff> always launched my startup X apps into the background, before
Jeff> starting fvwm, from within .xinitrc. This always caused me
Jeff> problems at shutdown time because xterms would not die nicely
Jeff> when fvwm did, hanging my console window. I hope that I can
Jeff> do everything from within .fvwm2rc. How?

You can use "AddToFunc InitFunction" to start whatever you want. Take
a look at the sample system.fvwmrc included in the distribution.

Jeff> I look forward to a FAQ posted on the FVWM webpage...

There is a FAQ in the 2.xx distribution, although I just realized that
I never put any explicit mention of GoodStuff being replaced in
there... Take a look at it, and the man pages as well.

And please keep in mind that fvwm2 is still in a beta state and hasn't
been officially released yet.

Chuck

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