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List:       fvwm
Subject:    Re: FVWM: disappearing xterm -e
From:       David Shochat <shochat () chelmsford ! com>
Date:       1998-11-30 11:03:13
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I don't understand why you can't include just one more file, but I'll
accept your statement that you can't. Given that constraint, how about
creating a script on the fly using a series of commands in the fvwm2rc?
You could probably even build a program in a high level language (line
by line), compile, link, execute and delete it when you're done. All
from within fvwm2rc. This is an old trick which I first saw as a way of
getting a build date compiled into a program.

-- David

Sue Blake wrote:
> 
> This problem is caused by wanting to distribute a fvwm2rc alone,
> without any additional files, to people with no unix skills (yet)
> and only a basic setup including XFree86 and the contrib programs.
> I can't use any additional scripts or install more untilities.
> 
> I want to be able to run commandline stuff from a menu, and have the
> xterm remain for viewing output. For example, ping works nicely until
> it is terminated, then the xterm disappears before you can see the
> summary. I solved this for ping by setting the number of pings and
> redirecting the output to xmessage.
> 
> It's not so easy for other programs, especially those that require
> user input. xmessage won't display until the end of the output, and
> xterm disappears the instant it believes there's nothing more to do.
> 
> For example, I'd like to be able to su and run a command with
> parameters as root, and view the output before the xterm quits. The
> obvious solution would be to call a script, but I can't provide them
> with a second file. I tried various types of quoting and using the
> shell command 'read' to pause, but all attempts either produced an
> xterm saying "can't execvp" or did absolutely nothing. Is there any
> way around this?
> 
> If these things cannot be done without an extra file, I'll just leave
> them out, but if it is possible I'd really like to know.
> 
> TIA
> 
> --
> 
> Regards,
>         -*Sue*-
> 
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