Re: FVWM: Strange Behavior...

From: Thomas A. Gardiner <gardiner_at_pas.rochester.edu>
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 18:01:39 -0400 (EDT)

Hi,

Previously I wrote...

> I'm trying to run xscreensaver when I log in by doing something like
>
> AddToFunc "InitFunction"
> + "I" Exec exec xscreensaver -timeout 1
> + "I" Wait *screensaver

and a few people replied to me for which I am very gratefull. I managed
to find the source of the problem, though I can't say _why_ it caused the
problem it did. What I was in fact doing was a little different from what
I showed above. This

AddToFunc "InitFunction"
+ "I" Exec exec xemacs
+ "I" Wait xemacs
+ "I" Exec exec xscreensaver -timeout 1

does not work. This

AddToFunc "InitFunction"
+ "I" Exec exec xemacs
+ "I" Wait *emacs
+ "I" Exec exec xscreensaver -timeout 1

does work. It also works if the Wait is taken out completely. I tried
this because the title on the xemacs window I saw open (when I was editing
this file) was emacs instead of xemacs. What I do not understand is why
the (incorrect) Wait statement gave this odd behavior of not executing the
following statement. In fact it may have never finnished; I don't know.
Does Wait ever time out?

I guess we can chalk this one up to poor programming and faulty question
posting.

Thanks All,

Tom





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Received on Fri Jul 16 1999 - 17:05:31 BST

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