* Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [Apr 02. 2002 21:53]:
> >
> > I've tried hacks like:
> > bbrun &
> > sleep 1 && bbpager &
> > sleep 1 && wmusic &
> > etc., but these are not consistent.
> >
> > Any _other_ ideas anyone?
> >
>
> There is no good way. The slit is given windows as they are opened
> and it basically adds them to the bottom of the stack. The only sure
> fire way is to force the programs to load in the order you want.
> Which means icky sleep/delay tricks.
I perform these tricks with the following little 'slit' script. That way
you only have to do 'slit start' in .xinitrc and if I want to change the
contents it's easy to restart it. Maybe someone could use it?
#!/bin/bash
declare -a apps
apps[4]="wmweather -s EDDN -metric -mmHg -beaufort"
apps[3]="wmfire -B"
apps[2]="wmcalclock -24"
apps[1]="wmbiff"
num_apps=${#apps[@]}
case "$1" in
start)
while [ $num_apps -gt 0 ]; do
${apps[$num_apps]} &
sleep 1
let "num_apps -= 1"
done
;;
stop)
while [ $num_apps -gt 0 ]; do
killall $(echo ${apps[$num_apps]} | awk '{print $1}') &
let "num_apps -= 1"
done
;;
restart)
$0 stop
$0 start
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0
The script was originally written by my friend Christopher Mahmood, just
to set the record straight :)
--
Mads Martin Jørgensen, http://mmj.dk
"Why make things difficult, when it is possible to make them cryptic
and totally illogic, with just a little bit more effort?"
-- A. P. J.
