From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 21 00:04:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA21219 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 21 Nov 1998 00:04:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from vedanix.welearn.com.au (vedanix.welearn.com.au [203.35.200.140]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA21212 for ; Sat, 21 Nov 1998 00:04:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sue@vedanix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by vedanix.welearn.com.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA08978; Sat, 21 Nov 1998 19:03:58 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from sue) Message-ID: <19981121190358.50352@welearn.com.au> Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 19:03:58 +1100 From: Sue Blake To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: ping from fvwm2 menu Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Here's the line I've got within a menu block in .fvwm2rc + "ping dukkha" Exec xterm -n "dukkha" -T "ping dukkha" -e ping -c 5 dukkha It works fine, but disappears too soon to read the summary. The real problem is that I don't know whether to tell fvwm2 or xterm how to behave. I can't find hints in either man page so it might not even be possible, or it's something easy that I just can't see. Has anyone done this a better way? -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message