Re: How to open a window at login with specific attributes?

[Ben Frantzdale <frantb rpi edu>]

One could do the sticky part with enlightenment, at least, having E
remember to make that window stickey... You might want to have it open
with a particular title so that E knows the difference between it and
any other terminal.


--Ben

On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Timothy M. Schaeffer wrote:

> You can do all of this (except sticky) with Eterm.  Following is a MAIN file
> for an Eterm theme which is translucent.
> HTH
> 
> <Eterm-0.8>
> # ^- This must be the first line of any Eterm config file!
> # Format is:  <Eterm-VERSION>  where VERSION is replaced by
> #                              the version it was written for,
> #                              minus the "DR-" if any.
> #
> # This is a sample Eterm config file.  It should be placed in
> # ~/.Eterm/themes/Eterm/MAIN and modified to suit your needs
> #
> # As always, the authors guarantee absolutely nothing and take
> # no responsibility for anything that might happen to you, your
> # computer, your dog, your sex life, or anyone or anything else
> # directly or indirectly through the use of, or inability to use,
> # this program.  Use at your OWN risk.
> 
> # A begin to get things started.
> begin main
> 
> # Define the color properties
>   begin color
> 
> # Foreground, background, cursor, scrollbar, pointer colors
>     foreground white
>     background black
>     cursor #ffff00
>     cursor_text #880000
>     menu_text white
>     unfocusedscrollbar #777777
>     scrollbar #777777
>     pointer white
>  shade 20
> 
> # video attribute can either be "normal" or "reverse"
>     video normal
> 
> # Redefine the 16 basic colors, if you really feel the need
> # First word is "color", next is the number (0-15, BD, or UL),
> # then the values for red, green, and blue separated by spaces
> # Numbers are base 10 unless preceded by "0x" (base 16) or '0'
> # (base 8).  Alternatively, you can use color names or #xxxxxx
> # format.
> 
> # This ends the color section.  Any text after the word "end" is
> # assumed to be a comment and ignored.
>   end color
> 
> # The X11 attributes section.  Should be fairly self-explanatory,
> # but if not, consult the X man page.
>   begin attributes
> 
> # Geometry == widthxheight+x_offset+y_offset, offsets from top left
> #             if +, bottom right if -
> #    geometry 132x50+100+100
> #    title %appname()
>     name %appname()
> #    iconname Eterm
> 
> # Set the fonts.  These must be monospace fonts.  The values shown are
> # the Eterm defaults.  The "bold" font is the font used if color BD has
> # not been set and Eterm cannot map the foreground color to one of the
> # high-intensity colors (8-15).
>     font 0 fixed
>     font 1 6x10
>     font 2 6x13
>     font 3 8x13
>     font 4 9x15
> #    font bold 7x14
>   end attributes
> 
> # This section is for pixmap definitions.  The only one used currently
> # is "background".  The supplied numbers work just like they do for
> # Enlightenment:  first is X (width), second is Y (height).  -1 to
> # scale 100%, 0 to tile, any other number specifies W/H in pixels
> #  begin pixmaps
> #     background %random(`cat pixmaps.list 2>/dev/null`)
> #     path
> #"./pix/:~/.Eterm/:~/.Eterm/themes/Eterm/pix:~/.Eterm/pix/:/usr/share/Eterm/
> pix/"
> 
> # Support for these is forthcoming
> #  end
> 
> # The Kanji support options.  Same goes for these fonts as for the normal
> # ones.  The "encoding" attribute can be either "eucj" or "sjis".
> #  begin kanji
> #    font 0 k14
> #    font 1 jiskan16
> #    font 2 jiskan18
> #    font 3 jiskan24
> #    font 4 jiskan26
> #    encoding eucj
> #  end kanji
> 
> # Boolean variables.  The values can be "1", "on", or "true" for TRUE, or
> "0",
> # "off", or "false" for FALSE.
>   begin toggles
> 
> # If true, Eterm will un-iconify itself when it receives a beep (ASCII 0x07)
>     map_alert on
> 
> # If true, Eterm will flash rather than sending a beep.
>     visual_bell off
> 
> # If true, Eterm will prepend '-' to the shell name when calling it.
>     login_shell true
> 
> # If true, Eterm will display the scroll bar
>     scrollbar off
> 
> # If true, Eterm will display the menu bar
>     menubar off
> 
> # If true, Eterm window can be moved with the menu bar.
>     menubar_move on
> 
> # If true, Eterm will attempt to make an entry in the utmp file to record
> the
> # login information.  Eterm *must* run privileged to do this.
>     utmp_logging on
> 
> # If true, Eterm will handle the Meta (Alt) + keypress to set the 8th bit.
> # If false, Eterm will handle the Meta + keypress as an escape prefix.
> (default)
> #    meta8 false
> 
> # If true, Eterm will start iconified.
>     iconic false
> 
> # If true, Eterm will jump to the bottom of the window when something is
> echoed
> # to the terminal, either by program output or user input.
>     home_on_echo 1
> 
> # If true, Eterm will jump to the bottom of the window when you refresh the
> # screen (^L).
>     home_on_refresh 1
> 
> # If true, Eterm will put the scrollbar on the right of the window (default
> is left).
>     scrollbar_right true
> 
> # If true, the scrollbar will have no trough.
>     scrollbar_floating true
> 
> # If true, Eterm will run with no window borders.
>     borderless true
> 
>  trans true
> 
>   end toggles
> 
>   begin keyboard
> 
> # Use the supplied keysym to reduce/enlarge the font
>     smallfont_key LessThan
>     bigfont_key GreaterThan
> 
> # You can also associate a given keysym (0xff00 - 0xffff) with a string
> #    keysym 0xffff "\r\n\e\007\t"
> 
> # Greek keyboard mode.  First the word "greek", then its boolean
> # state, then its mode (either "iso" or "ibm").
> #    greek off iso
>   end keyboard
> 
>   begin misc
> 
> # The command to which to pipe print requests (printscreen)
> #    print_pipe "lpr"
> 
> # The number of lines in the scrollback buffer.  More lines, more memory
> needed.
>     save_lines 1024
> 
> # The characters to use as word delimiters for double-click selection
>     cut_chars "\t\\\`\\\"\'&() *,;<=>?@[]{|}"
> 
> # Defines the width of the border between the terminal window and the client
> window.
> # (Default is 5).
>     border_width 5
> 
> 
> # Value to use for $TERM
>     term_name color_xterm
> 
> # Program to exec (intended for use with themes)
> #    exec foo
> 
>   end misc
> 
> end main
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yan Seiner <yan@cardinalengineering.com>
> To: gnome-list@gnome.org <gnome-list@gnome.org>
> Date: Thursday, July 13, 2000 7:04 PM
> Subject: How to open a window at login with specific attributes?
> 
> 
> >Here's what I'm trying to do:
> >
> >open a gnome-terminal window on login that
> >
> >a) has no frame
> >b) has no menu bar
> >c) has a translucent background that's shaded
> >d) appears in a specific location
> >e) is sticky
> >and f) runs a specified command.
> >
> >I can't even get past a) - if I set up a gnome terminal with all these
> >attributes, all later terms open with the same attributes, which is not
> >what I want.
> >
> >Are there cli options for this?  How do I spec a translucent color?
> >
> >Any help is appreciated....  Sorry for the newbie questions... I'm new
> >to X/gnome (but not *nix...)
> >
> >--Yan
> >
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