2009/2/18 PALAIA, FRANK J, ATTSI <fp2...@att.com>: > Hello folks, > I'm new to fvwm and have a question > > Currently in my .xinitrc file I have the following > > fvwm-themes-start & > xterm $(XT_GEOM)+0+$(XT_Y0 $XT_ARGS & > xterm $(XT_GEOM)+540+$(XT_Y) $XT_ARGS & > etc.
Several people have said rearrange that such that: exec fvwm-themes-start Is the last thing your ~/.xinitrc -- this is correct. > I understand that the standard way to start applications is via > > AddToFunc InitFunction > + I Exec xterm ... but what no one has said to you us that InitFunction is deprecated over StartFunction, i.e.: AddToFunc I StartFunction I Exec exec xterm (You should be using FVWM 2.5.26 anyway.) > However, I have this in a themes files which is not a executing as a > shell script > and, therefore, can't use env variables. No one has either mentioned that yes you *can* access this script if it is just a shell script -- source it before you "exec fvwm-themes-start", i.e., in your ~/.xinitrc file: source ~/path/to/this/mythical/file > Any idea on how to solve my problem and still be able to use env > variables. This has all the benefits of then allowing you to shift the starting up of your terminals to StartFunction in FVWM -- and although it doesn't make such things WM-agnostic (are there other WMs besides FVWM?) it certainly doesn't create an almightly mess, as per Jesus' suggestion. -- Thomas Adam
