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• Done :-) (Score:1)

  by cog (4665) <{cog} {at} {cpan.org}> on 2004.07.13 5:02 (#32441) Homepage Journal

  First, I tried searching for the place where the information about my xterms was written... I tried changing that a little, with -geometry and such, but that didn't work out the way I intended...

  Then, I decided to go for a different approach... my .bash_profile now reads:

  # four xterms to start with
xterm -bg black -fg white -vb +sk -geometry +0+0 -e " upcoming ; bash "
xterm -bg black -fg white -vb +sk -geometry +507+0
xterm -bg black -fg white -vb +sk -geometry +0+340
xterm -bg black -fg white -vb +sk -geometry +507+340

  Notice the trick with the -e switch ;-) Since the xterm would automatically exit after the completion of the command, the command now includes a new bash :-) Nice, uh? :-)

  Thanks to slanning and to melopt for the ideas :-)

  jac

  PS: Now I just have to find a way to run those commands *only* when in graphical mode! Shouldn't be too hard... :-)

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  • Re:Done :-) (Score:1)

    by slanning (5049)

    example: if [ "$DISPLAY" ]; then xset -b fi
    • Re:Done :-) (Score:1)

      by slanning (5049)

      if [ "$DISPLAY" ]; then
          xset -b
      fi
      • Re:Done :-) (Score:1)

        by cog (4665)

        Awesome :-) Thanks :-)
  • Re:Done :-) (Score:2)

    by jmm (276)

    You can avoid the -e trick by using an environment variable:

    BASHRC_RUN=upcoming xterm -bg black -fg ...

    Now, have your .bashrc test whether that variable is set and take special action if it is. You might also find it useful to set the title bar, either in the .bashrc code or in your xterm line.