On 05 Mar 2005 18:57:05 -0500, Jim Cline wrote: > > Hi Mikhael, > > I tried your suggestion, putting this into my .fvwm2rc: > > DestroyFunc StartPineXTerm > AddToFunc StartPineXTerm > + I Exec xterm -name "-bg green -fg black -geometry 120x30-75+80 -e > /usr/bin/pine -p /home/jcline/.pinerc-mcgill &" > + I Wait XTerm > + I Next (XTerm) WarpToWindow 50 50 > > and defining the corresponding button using > > *FvwmButtons(1x2, Title pinem Icon mailbox.xpm Action 'StartPineXTerm')
Add commas before Icon and Action, so it is more readable and correct. > However it only creates the xterm and does not execute the command > specified by the -e argument. Do you see what the problem might be? The xterm command line syntax is incorrect, it should be: Exec xterm -bg green -fg black -geometry 120x30-75+80 -e /usr/bin/pine -p /home/jcline/.pinerc-mcgill Ampersand is redundant. Please ask questions on the list, not privately. Regards, Mikhael. -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
