/ Ethan Romander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: | On Tue, 2007-07-10 at 08:48 -0400, Norman Walsh wrote: | |> Key XF86Forward R A Exec xterm | | Note that you've specified the root window as the context for this | binding. Hence, FVWM will only launch the xterm when you press the | XF86Forward key AND the pointer is over the root window. I define | bindings like this with the "Any" context: | | Key XF86Forward A A Exec xterm
Thank you, I'm a moron. For no good reason, I let Gnome put crap on
the desktop by default and I forgot that that interferes with fvwm's
notion of the "root window".
| In addition, for long running processes like xterm, you may want to use
| "Exec exec xterm" as the command. The extra "exec" prevents the shell
| used to launch the xterm from clogging up your process table.
Yes. That was just an example. It will in fact run a short-lived shell
script.
Be seeing you,
norm
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