xfpager, and general observations

[Dmitry DELTA Malykhanov]

OK, it's pretty clear, why it doesn't work. xfpager actually looking for
the string "*%s.geometry", where %s is argv[0]. Of course, in my example
argv[0] is "xfpager.bin" and xfwm sends the line "*xfpager.geometry".

Harry, could you please add one more line to the code, dumping incoming
commands to the file (just next to the existing fprintf statement):

fprintf(log, "MyName = %s\n", MyName);

use this modified binary and post output here.

On Mon, 19 Aug 2002, Dmitry DELTA Malykhanov wrote:
>
> What I did: I moved xfpager binary to xfpager.bin and wrote short shell
> wrapper.
>
> -- xfpager wrapper starts --
> #!/bin/bin
>
> sleep 5
> exec xfpager.bin ${1:+"$@"}
>
> # EOF
> -- xfpager wrapper ends --
>
> In fact, I can remove 'sleep 5' line, and xfpager will still ignore
> geometry settings. But when I remove this wrapper script and allow xfwm to
> execute xfpager binary directly everything works, and xfpager is always
> taking the designated place on the screen. Very strange. I will look at
> the xfwm<->module communication code.
>
> P.S. the behaviour of the "Quit" function on your box still looks
> strange. AFAIK no matter which "Exit"/"Quit" button you are clicking, the
> same "Quit" command got sent to the xfwm process.
>
> On Sun, 18 Aug 2002, Harry Putnam wrote:
>
> > Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 17:30:02 -0700
> > From: Harry Putnam <reader at newsguy.com>
> > Reply-To: xfce-dev at moongroup.com
> > To: xfce-dev at moongroup.com
> > Subject: Re: xfpager, and general observations
> >
> > Dmitry DELTA Malykhanov <d726f6e at SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> writes:
> >
> > > On Sun, 18 Aug 2002, Harry Putnam wrote:
> > >>
> > >> So starting `xfwm -noxfce' with the edited xfwmrc as shown above in your
> > >> instructions.  I see the pager at the top of my Xnest window a little
> > >> to the right. (and no panel)
> > >>
> > >> Adding this to xfwmrc
> > >>   *xfpager.geometry +500+400
> > >>
> > >> And `xfwm -noxfce'
> > >>
> > >> Brings the pager about center, so its working as it should.
> > >>
> > >
> > > Aha! Maybe your machine is too fast for XFCE... :) And if you will remove
> >
> > What I reported above is correct behavior... is it not?  the geometry
> > shown should bring pager to about center.  That is what happened.
> >
> > > 'AddToFunc' lines (but leave xfpager.geometry line) from xfwmrc and start
> > > xfwm, and xfwm will start xfce panel -- just the usual session but in the
> > > sandbox... Please try it and tell us what will happen.
> >
> > With the AddToFunc lines commented out, no pager is started.  panel
> > started as it should.  Setting the pallette/startup/[x]xfpager and a
> > restart.  As it should, the  pager appears at geometry specified.  My
> > current spec from xfwmrc
> >
> >    *xfpager.geometry 170x120+1141+1050
> >
> > Puts the pager level with and at the right (just touching) the panel.
> > And at a size I like.
> >
> > I haven't been able to duplicate the problems we say previously.
> >
> > >> I notice one phenomena.  With no panel, there is no handy way to quit
> > >> a session cleanly.  So if you had any xterms running or whatever,
> > >> when you ^ c to stop xfwm in the Xnest window.  On next startup you
> > >> begin to accumulate xterms in the Xnest sand box.
> > >>
> > >> I tried adding `Key  q   A  CSM Quit' to the sandbox xfwmrc file.
> > >> But when I press the combo, it quits not only Xnest sandbox but my
> > >> regular X sesion too!... hehe
> > >> Backs me clear out to a console prompt.
> > >>
> > >> I guess one needs the panel in the Xnest sandbox to quit cleanly.
> > >
> > > Hmm, it works as it should on my machine. I mean, when I'm choosing
> > > "Quit XFWM" -> "Quit" from the root window pop up menu (left click on the
> > > root window) only the xfwm in the sandbox got killed. My regular session
> > > (which is, of course, xfwm too) is staying alive. I've just tried it.
> > > Maybe it has something to do with startx script. I'm using xdm (no
> > > console).
> >
> > Please note that in the above description I didn't use the panel
> > `quit' button or menu `quit' like you did.  I set a key combo, shown
> > above, to invoke quit.  When I use that keycombo in the sandbox.  It
> > quits out of Xnest, and the regular X (also xfce) session.  All
> > the way out to console mode.
> >
> > How might I make the panel a bit larger?
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