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[Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>]

On Wed, 17 Mar 2004, James Miller wrote:

> On Wed, 17 Mar 2004, Sindi Keesan wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:
> >
> > > what you want, remove it (~/.xinitrc).  Just start all
> > > your applications in ~/.xinitrc (fullscreen) and use
> > > ALT-TAB to page between them.
> >
> >
> > I don't understand what you are saying here.  How do I start an
> > application in ~/.xinitrc?  Do I need to edit .xinitrc every time I want
> > to start an application?  There was some way to start applications
> > directly without editing .xinitrc - can you tell me how?  startx -e
> > application & ....?  I had it working once in BL2, with Opera,but Opera
> > gets unhappy without a wm.

Exactly what do I add at the end of .xinitrc to run /usr/bin/lynx?
I tried exec lynx,  exec /usr/bin/lynx.  I still cannot Alt-Tab to lynx.

Since I have deleted -popup from menu.sh, I can now Alt-Tab between rxvt 
and the menu, but that is all there is.
 
> Here's what I think he means, Sindi.  You can edit ~/.xinitrc and add to
> the end of it the names (maybe with paths) of all the applications you
> think you might use on your computer.  You also stipulate (not sure how)
> that all these apps should open full screen.  And no, you don't/shouldn't
> need to do it numerous times - just once.  Then, each time you run startx,
> you get an xsession with all your apps already open in it, one behind the
> other (I suppose the last one listed in ~/.xinitrc would be the one in the
> foreground once xvesa finishes opening).  Then, to move from one app to
> another, you just hit alt-tab, which cycles through all open app windows.
> Is it understandable?  I think he's got a good solution for you here.  As
> small as swm is, I really doubt ratpoison is going to use any less
> resources.  Of course ratpoison's advantage is that it has a boatload of
> keyboard functionality.  But why don't you try out Steven's method before
> you go to all the trouble of compiling another prog?  You might find it's
> a close enough approximation to what you need.  And it should minimize
> need for input from the mouse.
> 
> James
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