Re: fetch/mail and xconsole

[David Stern <kotsya@u.washington.edu>]

On Mon, 08 Dec 1997 09:47:03 GMT, wrote:
>
> Xconsole is started by xdm before login. It appears in the bottom
> left corner.
> 
> 1. How do I change the resources for this? I`ve altered personal resources,
> xdm`s and even app-defaults. Can`t get the bugger to shift :)

I'm not sure I understand what you're asking.  Do you want xconsole to 
move, or do you want it to look different?

I don't run xdm, but using startx and afterstep wm, I can move xconsole 
with the titlebar.  Once with fvwm I couldn't move an app, even when I 
right clicked and did a 'move'.  I think it had to do with the 
application properties, specifically the titlebar, but I'm not certain.

> 2. How do I direct program output to appear in this window? Before I 
> discovered xconsole I just used an Xterm to display whatever was sent
> to /dev/console by just launching progs like...;
> 
> fetchmail > >&/dev/console 
> 
> This doesn`t work with xconsole.

This works for me:

  /usr/bin/fetchmail -v > /dev/console 2>&1

Sometimes my xconsole doesn't update the display unless it's focused, 
or until I resize it, but usually it work ok--I don't use it very much, 
though.

David


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