Re: FVWM: FvwmM4 problem

From: Alexis Huxley <alexis_at_danae.demon.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 18:12:37 +0000

On Fri, Nov 06, 1998 at 11:34:44AM -0500, cwynne_at_brutus.mts.jhu.edu wrote:

> I get
>
> [FVWM][Done]: <<ERROR>> Call of 'fvwm2 -cmd "FvwmM4 FVWMRC.m4"'
> failed!!!! (restarting 'fvwm2' instead)

>From the manual page:

       Restart WindowManagerName
              Causes fvwm to restart itself if WindowManagerName
              is "fvwm2", or to switch to an alternate window
              manager if WindowManagerName is other than "fvwm2".
              If the window manager is not in your default search
              path, then you should use the full path name for
              WindowManagerName.

              This command should not have a trailing ampersand
              or any command line arguments and should not make
              .....

The 'Restart' command is *not* a way to re-execute fvwm2. It is
a way to *restart* itself, or to *execute* *other* window managers.
Since you're not re-execing fvwm2, the syntax doesn't follow exec-like
syntax.

Note that it says no command line arguments allowed.

Use 'RestartFunction' to restart modules.

-- 
Alexis Huxley
alexis_at_danae.demon.co.uk
email key: 549812
--
Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL:http://www.hpc.uh.edu/fvwm/>.
To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a
message to majordomo_at_hpc.uh.edu.
To report problems, send mail to fvwm-owner_at_hpc.uh.edu.
Received on Fri Nov 06 1998 - 12:14:15 GMT

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.0 : Mon Aug 29 2016 - 19:38:01 BST