On 08-Dec-97 Michael M Han wrote:
> I'm not exactly sure why (a previous exchange of mails about spawning
> execs revealed to me I'm grossly ignorant of the subject), but
> ImageMagick works just fine for me (RHLinux4.1, Linux 2.0.30,
> fvwm2.0.46) using:
>
> + "ImageMagick" Exec exec display &
>
> whereas
>
> + "ImageMagick" Exec display
>
> acts as you describe. Haven't the foggiest regarding the reason for
> this.
This seems to be a quirk in how ImageMagick attempts to figure
out how it was started (though why it cares to know is beyond me). As
such, its behavior is apt to differ slightly from system to system.
Your first example doesn't work on my system -- but remove the '&' and
it does. The second one also works. However, it's not the kind of timing
problem that the original poster was experiencing.
> As for the question that started the thread, it's a shame Wait won't
> work under the circumstances.
Works fine for me...assuming we're talking about the original
X-ISP problem, and not ImageMagick. See my reply to the original poster.
- Bob
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Received on Mon Dec 08 1997 - 20:08:10 GMT