Re: [TCLUG:13749] x windows

[Erick Stohr <visuale1@earthlink.net>]

thank you Chris, it worked the first time after I made those changes. :O)

Christopher Palmer wrote:

> On Sat, 19 Feb 2000, Erick Stohr wrote:
>
> >      xterm -sb -ls -geom 80x25-2+2 -title "shell" &
> >      xterm -sb -ls -geom 80x25-2-2 &
> >
> > -----I added this------------
> >      /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
>
> All you're missing is the trailing ampersand (&), which you do need. That
> tells the shell to run the xterm (or whatever other program you want) to
> run in the background, and to let the shell continue running. Other wise
> it's going to hang at that point.
>
> Also, I noticed in your example that you had the ampersand for some other
> programs on a different line, after the program itself was named. My guess
> is that might also be causing you trouble. If you need to have a command
> cross multiple lines, use a backslash, like so:
>
> ===
> /usr/bin/myprog \
> -some-option \
> -something-else &
> ===
>
> Hth.
>
> --
> Christopher Reid Palmer : www.innerfireworks.com
>
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