On 05 Jul 2000 11:45:40 -0500, John Giles wrote:
>
> I have $DISPLAY exported to "computer_name:0.0" before I run fvwm.
> When I bring up an xterm inside fvwm, my DISPLAY variable has changed
> to just ":0.0", when it should be "computer_name:0.0"... Why does fvwm
> strip off the name of the computer in this variable ???
fvwm itself does not strip computer_name from DISPLAY variable. What it
does is reseting DISPLAY variable to whatever display-string X server
returns. So it is X that stripts. It is possible to change fvwm not to
reset DISPLAY if already set, but probably the current behaviour is ok.
I see several ways to solve your problem. Hope one of them helps.
1) Use $HOSTDISPLAY, it should be fully qualified, i.e. computer_name:0.0.
2) Add a line: PipeRead `echo SetEnv DISPLAY computer_name$DISPLAY`
2.1) in 2.3 this line may be: SetEnv DISPLAY computer_name$[DISPLAY]
2.2) or: SetEnv DISPLAY $[HOSTDISPLAY]
3) Export DISPLAY variable with a computer_name including a dot.
Regards,
Mikhael.
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Received on Wed Jul 05 2000 - 16:55:21 BST