>>>>> "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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Charles K. Hines
IBM Logic Synthesis developer [BooleDozer (TM)]
and Martial Arts Instructor [Modern Arnis, Presas Style Filipino Martial Arts]
Internet e-mail: chuck_hines_at_vnet.ibm.com
IBM Internal e-mail: hines_at_loki.pok.ibm.com (preferred from workstation)
HINESC at FISHKILL (preferred from mainframe)
HINESC at FSHVMFK1 (discouraged, but I'll get it)
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"dis ting could have possabiwities if I put my twisted widdle mind to it!"
- Bugs Bunny
"I have a paper plate in my head because they were all out of the metal ones"
- Rick Overton
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Received on Wed Sep 27 1995 - 09:13:23 BST