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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: GoodStuff question
Date: 27 Jan 1996 21:37:13 GMT
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ivan@nauplius.rsmas.miami.edu (Ivan Lima) writes:
> I'm trying to include my news reader (tin) in the tool bar in fvwm,
> but it does not work. When I click on the tool bar button for the news
> the window frame is formed but it disapears when I place it on the
> desktop. The line I'm using in the .fvwmrc file is:
>
> *GoodStuff News news.xpm Exec "News" xterm -e tin -r &
^^^^^^
Remember that this is the magic string GoodStuff wants to see as the
window title in order to deactivate its button again. So you might
want to add a ``-title News'' to the xterm command line as well.
> It works with elm and other programs, does anyone know why it
doesn't work with tin?
Redirect stderr of your tin into a file, and see what it's complaining
about.
--
cheers, J"org
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