Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 04:13:18 +1100 From: davidn@unique.usn.blaze.net.au (David Nugent) To: UFCK28B@prodigy.com (JAN NEAL) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: minimize programs on startup in X Message-ID: <Mutt.19970116041318.davidn@labs.blaze.net.au> In-Reply-To: <199701150128.UAA09928@mime2.prodigy.com>; from JAN NEAL on Jan 14, 1997 20:28:09 -0500 References: <199701150128.UAA09928@mime2.prodigy.com>
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JAN NEAL writes: > Is it possible to start programs in a minimized > state on startup. I have looked through the man > entry for X, but I can't find anything on it. Usually. It depends mostly on the application, and whether or not it passes its commandline to the Xtoolkit. Almost all do as a rule. The command line option is: "-iconic". I guess you were searching for "minimize" or similar. :-) It is covered in the X manpage. Terminology often gets in the way like that. > I'm trying to do this by modifying xinitrc Now, that depends on what you're doing in xinitrc. See if adding -iconic to the app's command line helps. Most Xtoolkit options have 'resource' equivalents, so if you always wanted to start a particular program iconified regardless of how you start it, then you might add: resourcename*iconic: true to your ~/.Xdefaults. "resourcename" is the resource string that your program uses - normally it will be the same or similar to the name of the program, sometimes only the case is different. See its manpage and the RESOURCES section for more explanation. Regards, David Nugent - Unique Computing Pty Ltd - Melbourne, Australia Voice +61-3-9791-9547 Data/BBS +61-3-9792-3507 3:632/348@fidonet davidn@freebsd.org davidn@blaze.net.au http://www.blaze.net.au/~davidn/
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