FVWM: How to start a bunch of xtems from a script on a specific page?

[Michelle Konzack]

Hello *,

I have a desktop of

+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
+-----+-----+-----+-----+

and use a config of

DestroyFunc StartFunction
AddToFunc StartFunction
+ I Exec rplay $[HOME]/sounds/start0.wav >/dev/null 2>&1
PipeRead `for X in $[FVWM_USERDIR]/start/* ; do echo -n "+ I " ; cat $X ; done`

to autostart a bunch of FvwmMdules or Apps.

Now I have a script

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#!/bin/bash

xterm -geometry 16x59+0+138 +sb -u8 -font 6x10 \
-n td_show_messages \
-title td_show_messages \
-e td_show_messages &
disown

xterm -geometry 80x45+108+138 +sb -u8 -font 7x13 \
-n "Technic Mailinglists" \
-title "Technic Mailinglists" \
-e bash -l -c "mutt -F ${HOME}/.mutt/muttrc_technic -f =" &
disown

xterm -geometry 80x45+680+138 +sb -u8 -font 7x13 \
-n tddebbtsmanager \
-title tddebbtsmanager \
-e bash -l -c "mutt -F ${HOME}/.tddebbtsmanager/mutt/muttrc -f =" &
disown

xterm -geometry 16x68+1252+48 +sb -u8 -font 6x10 \
-n td_show_bts \
-title td_show_bts \
-e td_show_bts &
disown

xterm -geometry 80x45+383+76 +sb -u8 -font 7x13 -iconic \
-n tdautobuilder \
-title tdautobuilder \
-e bash -l -c "mutt -F ${HOME}/.tdautobuilder/mutt/muttrc -f =" &
disown
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where all XTerms should open on page 5.

How can I do this?

I was thinking, it works with "MoveToPage" or "MoveToDesk" but itdoes
not work for me.

Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening
Michelle Konzack
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[Thomas Adam]

Post by Michelle Konzack
Hello *,
I have a desktop of
+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
+-----+-----+-----+-----+
and use a config of
DestroyFunc StartFunction
AddToFunc StartFunction
+ I Exec rplay $[HOME]/sounds/start0.wav >/dev/null 2>&1
PipeRead `for X in $[FVWM_USERDIR]/start/* ; do echo -n "+ I " ; cat $X ; done`
to autostart a bunch of FvwmMdules or Apps.
Now I have a script

Well, you could do this:

Style XTerm-Special-* StartsOnDesk ..., SkipMapping

Where that would look something like:

for i in $(seq 10); do xterm -T "XTerm-Special-$i" & done

Or you could instead use XTerm's -xrm option to position specific instances
of XTerms regardless of any window attribute.

xterm -xrm "*Page:2 1 1"

This would place the xterm on desk two, one page right and one down from
desk 2.

Post by Michelle Konzack
I was thinking, it works with "MoveToPage" or "MoveToDesk" but itdoes
not work for me.

Because the way you have it now, FVWM has no choice in configuring the
window in question. I've spoken a lot in the past about why using
Exec/Wait/GotoPage, etc., is no longer necessary:

http://www.mail-archive.com/***@lists.math.uh.edu/msg16494.html

-- Thomas Adam