Len Philpot <len_at_philpot.org> writes:
> ...that's maybe not already answered in obvious fashion somewhere. :)
>
> I have an FvwmForm dialog "RunCommand", which just offers a field to
> specify and run a command. It works fine, but I'd like to limit it to
> one instance only. How can I make it basically "application modal"? Is
> there a way to check to see if it's already up and if so, abort?
>
> I've tried *RunCommandGrabServer, which does indeed stop everything
> else, but it allows more RunCommands (I have it assigned to Alt+F2).
> Also, for example, if I press Alt+Tab while it's up, nothing happens.
> However when I either run or cancel it, the windowlist shows up. This
> may be unavoidable and is no biggie.
>
> Is there a way to maybe set a flag variable and check for its existance
> prior to running? If so, maybe a generic "only once" function could be
> written. In a shell script, C, etc., I could do this, but I'm not sure
> how with fvwm.
>
> I'm running 2.4.6, if it makes any difference.
destroyfunc oneform
addtofunc oneform i none (FvwmForm-Talk) Module FvwmTalk
key F1 R A oneform
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Received on Fri Sep 13 2002 - 22:29:46 BST