Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 16:11:15 -0700 From: Joshua Oreman <oremanj@webserver.get-linux.org> To: Joachim Dagerot <freebsd@dagerot.nu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Questions about x-windows, startx (Extremely long and probably most blahblah) Message-ID: <20030702231115.GA21919@webserver.get-linux.org> In-Reply-To: <1057184719.3897.11.camel@big.dagerot.com> References: <1057184719.3897.11.camel@big.dagerot.com>
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On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 12:25:19AM +0200 or thereabouts, Joachim Dagerot wrote: > I have managed to get everything up and running now, including my NVIDIA > card with tv-out on my FreeBSD 5.1. THANKS FOLKS. > > > Now come the fun part, I have managed to, in .xinitrc have a specific > program running when I run startx. That's lovely. > > Now I would like to start and close additional programs, aswell as > maximize, bring to front and back etc. BUT FROM OUTSIDE THE X > ENVIRONMENT. > > Why? You ask. Let me tell you the story of my life :-) > > [BACKGROUND] > ...snip... > > [END BACKGROUND] > > > Now to my problems: > > I would like to start/stop different programs (such as the java-program > mentioned above). I would also like to have many programs running, but > only see one at a time (bring to front, maximize). > > I understand this is certainly not a yes/no question, but if someone can > hint me on a window manager that's accessible from outside X, or some > other remote controlled software that might be of interest I would be > glad. To start a program on the X display: $ DISPLAY=:0 xprogram & To kill it: $ killall xprogram I don't know of any window manager that can do what you want w/ maximizing, though... -- Josh > > > Finally, I will ofcourse post all sources as soon as I have commented > them, and, perhaps, made them a bit more general than they are today, > please feel free to contact me for further details. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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