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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
> > David's  suggestion was to put exec in front of opera.
> > Should I also put it in front of icewm and rxvt?
>
> No.  Use exec on the last line (to call the last
> executable).  Putting exec in the middle of a
> script will probably terminate the script at that
> point.

icewm&
exec opera&
rxvt

Is this correct?  It looks to me like exec is in the middle.
It worked as I had hoped (rxvt is there when I exit Opera or I can toggle 
to it with Alt-Tab).

> > > you are keeping an unnecessary process alive.
> >
> > I presume this takes up more RAM.  A lot more?
>
> No, not a lot.  But, you're the person who seeks
> extreme minimalism.
>
> > I am not using opera on low-RAM computers
>
> Then why do you object to a complete icewm installation?

I have no use for the various programs that are included with it 
(graphical clock and calculator) or all the themes.  I kept adding one bit 
at a time until it worked.  Eventually I will add the menu and one theme 
once I figure out just how to do that.  Too many other things to learn 
first.

> > Would I notice much difference with or without exec?
>
> Probably not.  But I for one do not like useless
> processes running on my system.

That probably makes more sense than worrying about useless files all over 
the place (locale files take up a few M, things for other hardware in 
glibc and kernel a few more M). >
> Cheers,
> Steven
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