I was just thinking fvwm users were all into custom fvwm configs and I was missing out :) Im glad im not the only one who uses xterm as an application launcher in fvwm
when using fvwm and using xterm to launch apps I found the responsiveness of the GUI insanely fast... It feels strange starting everything from xterm (when used to clicking on an icons on other systems.. On Tue, 7 May 2019 at 23:52, Ingo Schwarze <schwa...@usta.de> wrote: > > Hi, > > ropers wrote on Wed, May 08, 2019 at 12:23:09AM +0200: > > > Tangentially related: Does anyone here routinely use the default fvwm? > > Yes, i don't use any other window manager. > > > Now for a really noobish question: Those that do, do you also launch > > graphical apps by typing something like this in xterm: > > > > $ firefox > /dev/null 2>&1 & > > More or less. Sometimes, i simply do > > $ firefox > > and leave the terminal open in case i want to look at the error messages. > Sometimes, i type > > $ firefox & exit > > which is shorter. > > > or do you normally do something else that I've totally overlooked? > > No. The only program is start by clicking the mouse is xterm(1). > > Yours, > Ingo > -- Kindest regards, Tom Smyth.
