Re: Netscape in different desks with fvwm2
On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 11:18:35AM -0700, Mike Fontenot wrote:
>
> I know how to automatically start Netscape in a
> different desktop (using fvwm2),
> but I would also like to be
> able to automatically also start the "Messenger"
> window in a third desktop.
>
> I.e., I'd like the initial Netscape window (Navigator,
> in my case) to be started in Desk 1, and the Messenger
> window of that SAME Netscape process to be started
> in desk 2.
>
> Anyone know if that's possible? I suppose it would
> require some kind of specification to netscape itself.
>
> I know that I can start
> two instances of the Netscape process, one starting
> with the Navigator window, and one starting with
> the Messenger window. But I don't think that's
> what I want...
just an idea: there's a not too well advertised "-remote" option
to Netscape that can be used to issue commands to be executed in an
*already running* instance of Netscape. So, I assume something like
netscape -remote 'openInbox()'
should have the desired effect, presuming you know how to have fvwm2
open the resulting new window on a different desktop (which you seem to
have figured out already :)
BTW, similarly, commands like
netscape -remote 'openURL(http://www.debian.org)'
considerably speed up startup times when trying to open HTML documents
from the commandline, as this avoids launching another instance of
Netscape.
For details see
http://home.netscape.com/newsref/std/x-remote.html
and have a look at Netscape's X-resources file Netscape.ad for further
ideas on what you might want to control remotely -- just in case you
start liking that feature :)
Cheers
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Erdmut Pfeifer
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