Re: FVWM: question about mesging ttys and fvwm

From: Dan Espen <dane_at_bae.bellcore.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 14:11:15 -0500

Fleish <fleish_at_stu056.bsc.edu> writes:
> Thank you for your response. But that solution is the one that I said I
> was specifically trying to avoid:
> F> turn messaging off on certain terminals that it opens (without
> F> having to add mesg n lines before all programs I want to do this for
>

I believe I control this for all my xterms with the x-resource:

XTerm*utmpInhibit: true

Since this is an x-resource, I don't see why it couldn't be controlled
from the command line with "-xrm".

>
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> | Todd Fleisher |
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>
> On Mon, 25 Nov 1996, Albrecht Kadlec wrote:
>
> > >>>>> Fleish writes:
> >
> > F> I am running fvwm-2.0.43, and am wondering if there is a way to make fvw
> m
> > F> turn messaging off on certain terminals that it opens (without having to
> > F> add mesg n lines before all programs I want to do this for) For instance
> ,
> > F> when I open pine, messaging is turned off automatically it appears.
> > F> However, I would also like programs like irc and rlogin to have messagin
> g
> > F> turned off. If anyone knows of a way to do this, please let me know.
> > F> Thanx
> > F> Todd
> >
> > if you start xterm -e pine, you should add mesg n in front of that.
> > ugly, I know
> > but sth like
> > Function XtermApp "I" xterm -e /usr/bin/tcsh "mesg n;exec $1 $2 $3"
> >
> > might help.
> >
> > if you start a normal xterm and start the commands there, shell aliases
> > should do the trick.
> >
> > regards,
> > albrecht
> > --
> > Maybe deep down inside,
> > I'm tryin' for no one else but me,
> > too stubborn to say, "The buck stops here.
> > I'm not the one you're lookin' for."
> >
> > But maybe deep down inside, I'm lyin'
> > To no one else but me.
> > Oh, but my back is up. I'm on my guard
> > With all the exits sealed. -- Genesis
> > --
>
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