Hi all!
On Apr 15, 12:08pm, Hal DeVore wrote:
> Subject: Re: FVWM: what is different - problems executing programs
> >>>>> "Stephen" == Stephen Riehm <stephen.riehm_at_PC-Plus.DE> writes:
>
> Stephen> Is there a logical reason why starting applications from
> Stephen> the window manager seems to be different than starting
> Stephen> them from the command line? Can someone explain it in a
> Stephen> way which might lead to a solution for this problem?
>
> Sure. The window manager's environment (i.e., PATH, DISPLAY, and any
> other environment variable) isn't necessarily set up the same as "the
> CLI" (by which I assume you mean from an xterm or other "terminal
> emulator" window).
I've had the same problem, and the cure was to set the environment in .xsession
before anything else happens. This is my .xsession file:
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#!/bin/sh
{ eval `/usr/bin/X11/userenv` && echo "Use full userenvironement"; }||
{ PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/bin/X11 && export PATH && echo "Use
simple path extension"; }
/home/btp426/bin/fvwm95-2 &
xhost +
[.....]
exec /usr/bin/X11/reaper
----------------------
The reason for this somewhat weird construct is that the `eval' thing sometimes
doesn't work for reasons I don't know (I use IRIX 5.3 and Xsgi).
Hope this helps,
Georg.
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... but surely the Devil let them conceive partial differential equations!
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Received on Tue Apr 16 1996 - 03:55:57 BST