Previously...
>I have a similar problem in trying to start ImageMagick from a menu in
>2.0.46. The ImageMagick docs say to use: display logo:
>to start from menu. The other way to start it is do run "display" from an
>xterm.
>What happens when executed from menu is the program dies as soon as the
>programs logo is loaded. It works fine when executed from xterm.
>A workaround I found was to create a shell script that executes "display"
>and call that from the menu. It works. So perhaps a similar workaround MAY
>work for you.
I'm not exactly sure why (a previous exchange of mails about spawning
execs revealed to me I'm grossly ignorant of the subject), but
ImageMagick works just fine for me (RHLinux4.1, Linux 2.0.30,
fvwm2.0.46) using:
+ "ImageMagick" Exec exec display &
whereas
+ "ImageMagick" Exec display
acts as you describe. Haven't the foggiest regarding the reason for
this.
As for the question that started the thread, it's a shame Wait won't
work under the circumstances.
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mike (han_at_library.ucsf.edu)
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Received on Mon Dec 08 1997 - 01:47:55 GMT