On Tuesday 26 May 1998, at 20 h 2, the keyboard of "G. Crimp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I thought it would be great if I could set up their accounts so that > when they logged in a button bar greated them. They could invoke xpat2, > logout, shutdown, or call up a graphic mail user agent (maybe xfmail or > netscape) just by clicking the appropriate button. Here is where I need ... > I think this should be feasible. I would make this button bar their > login shell. All that would remain would be to create the button bar. > I don't know where to go from here. I have taken some programming classes > and diddled with various languages, but have never done anything graphical. Impatience, lazyness and hubris. Always remember these three great virtues (© Larry Wall) Do not program something which has already been programmed several times. You have the choices to do what you want without any programming with: - fvwm and its GoodStuff module (I use it for myself), - tkdesk (I use it at home for my girlfriend but she is younger than your parents), - probably KDE and Enlightement but I don't have experiences. Both fvwm and tkdesk can be configured to have a button bar. You can define one of the buttons to launch exmh (a graphical mail client). Both fvwm and tkdesk exist as Debian packages. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
