FVWM: How to start a bunch of xtems from a script on a specific page?

2011-12-18 Thread Michelle Konzack 
Hello *,

I have a desktop of

+-+-+-+-+
|  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |
+-+-+-+-+
|  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |
+-+-+-+-+

and use a config of

DestroyFunc StartFunction
AddToFunc   StartFunction
+ I Exec rplay $[HOME]/sounds/start0.wav >/dev/null 2>&1
PipeRead `for X in $[FVWM_USERDIR]/start/* ; do echo -n "+ I " ; cat $X ; 
done`

to autostart a bunch of FvwmMdules or Apps.

Now I have a script

8---
#!/bin/bash

xterm -geometry 16x59+0+138 +sb -u8 -font 6x10 \
  -n td_show_messages \
  -title td_show_messages \
  -e td_show_messages &
disown

xterm -geometry 80x45+108+138 +sb -u8 -font 7x13 \
  -n "Technic Mailinglists" \
  -title "Technic Mailinglists" \
  -e bash -l -c "mutt -F ${HOME}/.mutt/muttrc_technic -f =" &
disown

xterm -geometry 80x45+680+138 +sb -u8 -font 7x13 \
  -n tddebbtsmanager \
  -title tddebbtsmanager \
  -e bash -l -c "mutt -F ${HOME}/.tddebbtsmanager/mutt/muttrc -f =" &
disown

xterm -geometry 16x68+1252+48 +sb -u8 -font 6x10 \
  -n td_show_bts \
  -title td_show_bts \
  -e td_show_bts &
disown

xterm -geometry 80x45+383+76 +sb -u8 -font 7x13 -iconic \
  -n tdautobuilder \
  -title tdautobuilder \
  -e bash -l -c "mutt -F ${HOME}/.tdautobuilder/mutt/muttrc -f =" &
disown
8---

where all XTerms should open on page 5.

How can I do this?

I was thinking, it works with "MoveToPage" or "MoveToDesk" but itdoes
not work for me.

Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening
Michelle Konzack

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Re: FVWM: How to start a bunch of xtems from a script on a specific page?

2011-12-18 Thread Thomas Adam 
On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 04:14:46PM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote:
> Hello *,
> 
> I have a desktop of
> 
> +-+-+-+-+
> |  1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |
> +-+-+-+-+
> |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |
> +-+-+-+-+
> 
> and use a config of
> 
> DestroyFunc StartFunction
> AddToFunc   StartFunction
> + I Exec rplay $[HOME]/sounds/start0.wav >/dev/null 2>&1
> PipeRead `for X in $[FVWM_USERDIR]/start/* ; do echo -n "+ I " ; cat $X ; 
> done`
> 
> to autostart a bunch of FvwmMdules or Apps.
> 
> Now I have a script

Well, you could do this:

Style XTerm-Special-* StartsOnDesk ..., SkipMapping

Where that would look something like:

for i in $(seq 10); do xterm -T "XTerm-Special-$i" & done

Or you could instead use XTerm's -xrm option to position specific instances
of XTerms regardless of any window attribute.

xterm -xrm "*Page:2 1 1"

This would place the xterm on desk two, one page right and one down from
desk 2.

> I was thinking, it works with "MoveToPage" or "MoveToDesk" but itdoes
> not work for me.

Because the way you have it now, FVWM has no choice in configuring the
window in question.  I've spoken a lot in the past about why using
Exec/Wait/GotoPage, etc., is no longer necessary:

http://www.mail-archive.com/fvwm@lists.math.uh.edu/msg16494.html

-- Thomas Adam

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