Re: Gnome (and KDE ?) aoos and classix X command line argumnets?
On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 03:50:35PM -0400, David Z Maze wrote:
> stan <stanb@panix.com> writes:
>
> > Iwant to use one or 2 Gnome (or perhaps KDE) based apps (EG
> > Gnotepad) in an environemnt based upon a lightwight window manager,
> > such as twm.
>
> That shouldn't be a problem. (My current desktop environment of
> choice is fluxbox (neither), with Konqueror (KDE) as a window manager,
> and occasional use of Gnucash (GNOME 1) and LogJam (GNOME 2).)
>
> > However, at least the Gnome apps), seem to not understand the
> > classix X argumnets (as documneted in the X man page), such as
> > -iconic, and -geometry.
> >
> > Is there a way to fix this?
>
> Beat the GNOME people over the head with a clue bat? :-) If a
> program doesn't support a particular set of command-line options,
> there's not a whole lot you can do about it without modifying the
> source. You might try giving two dashes instead of one, but you also
> might just lose without changing the source.
>
I'm strugling with teh concept that they have missed this completly.
O you start up any apps automticly when you start your window manager? If
so, how do you plce them?
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