Re: g2 question list



Lots of questions. Fewer answers...

On Wed, 2002-12-11 at 18:31, Randy Bush wrote:
> freebsd 4.7-stable, gnome2 from ports tree
> 
> gnome-session
> 
>   o can i start a single app, e,g, ssh-add, and after it completes,
>     and only after it completes, then start a bunch of windows?
>     and it does not seem happy if i try to run it from .xinitrc

I'd think it'd work in .xinitrc. I'm not sure if gnome-session starts
things up in parallel, but if it doesn't just go to
gnome-session-properties, add the program and give an early start order
(I think that means setting it's start number to zero, not sure though.)

>   o why does it take soooooo long to start?  it seems to be in
>     gnome-login.check for many minutes

It shouldn't. Historically problems like this tend to be
network-related. i.e., gnome can't resolve names or something. (Not sure
though)

>   o i have terms and other apps in a dozen workspaces.  but when
>     it starts the session it tries to cram them all in the first
>     workspace.

Not sure.

> panel
> 
>   o in gnome2, how do i create a mini-launcher?

I'm not sure if the mini-launcher applet exists for gnome2. However I
was told recently that gnome1 applets work in the gnome2 panel. If that
is true, the you should be able to get it to work by installign the
mini-launcher applet and running it.
One quazi-solution would be to have two thin panels stacked up next to
eachother.

>   o presuming i solve the above and get a mini-launcher a la
>     gnome1, how do i re-arrange the little icons within it?

Not sure.

>   o how do i get a favorites pulldown in a gnome2 general panel?

Not sure if it can be done.

>   o how do i change a panel from edge to corner?

Looks like it can't be done. Add a corner panel and move things over, I
guess.

>   o how can i have two mini-launchers in the same panel but with
>     different content?

No idea. I'm not sure if mini-launchers support that.

>   o where the heck did GNotes go?

Not sure. I know there are postit notes programs for gnome2, though. I
don't remember off hand.

>   o i can put the gnotes applet in a drawer but how do i put it in
>     a menu?  imiho, the differences between drawers and menus
>     should merely be style, not semantics

I don't think you can. (What would you do with them?)
I don't use drawers, though, so someone else should comment.

>  o how do i put the appended small script into a swallowed
>     application?  i really need multiple timezone clocks.

Not sure.

> sawfish
> 
>   o how do i cause an opening window to extend to the bottom of the
>     screen, a la button-3 in tvtwm?
> 
>   o how do i move a window into the workspace when all i have is
>     the bottom of it, i.e. no title bar to grab?

For most WMs, alt+drag is a default "move" action. (Alt+middle-drag is
often resize and alt+right-click gives the window's option menu.)

>   o when i ask to maximize, on one system it does as expected, use
>     the full window.  on another, it does not like to cover other
>     windows.

Not sure. I don't use Sawfish.

> nautilus i set a background color and pattern that applies to all
>     folders?

The only way I know is to actually edit the theme.

--Ben

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