On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 19:19, Edward Guldemond wrote: > On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 10:07:31PM +0000, Jonathan Matthews wrote: > > Failing any built-in, background server type functionality, would > > "cat <oo-binary-I-use-most> > /dev/null &" in my .xinitrc be of any > > /real/ use? > > >From a theoretical standpoint, not really. It's not loading the > binary from disk that makes loading OpenOffice.org slow. It's the > actual steps it has to take to initalize itself that take so long. > Cat'ing the binary to /dev/null does not cause this to happen, > therefore, I wouldn't think that it would be of much use. > > -- > ------------------------------------------ > Edward Guldemond > > GPG Key: 0x4E505B0F > Key fingerprint: 4CAC 6740 C1CD 3CE4 6CA0 > 34E9 B3B7 18EC 4E50 5B0F There is ooqstart-gnome, which on my system sometimes keeps Gnome from starting (ack!), but it is essentially the concept that is being asked for: Description: OpenOffice QuickStarter applet for GNOME This applet provides a quick launcher for OpenOffice 641C+ or Star Office 6.0+. It attempts to mimic the functionality provided by the quickstarter tray icon on the other operating system supported by OpenOffice. HTH -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: kahnt@hosehead.dyndns.org
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