Re: mutt called from script does not more work...
Hello Kyle,
Am 2006-09-14 13:20:09, schrieb Kyle Wheeler:
> >----8<--------------------------------------------------------------
> > if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
> > DIRSEL="+${RET}"
> > if [ -n "${DISPLAY}" ] ; then
> > DISPLAY=${DISPLAY}
>
> What is the purpose of setting the display variable to itself?
Generaly I run the program from "crontab" and there is no ${DISPLAY}
which mean, the program does not know, where to show up. So I use
"w" to get the ${DISPLAY} and force my ptogram to show up there.
>
> > ${TERMINAL} ${MUA} ${DIRSEL} &
>
> So change that to:
>
> ${TERMINAL} "${MUA}" ${DIRSEL} &
The Xterm popup and exit.
> In what way?
I have use Xditres to get all the resources and it is
full customized. Colors, fonts, behaviour...
> Well, strictly speaking, xterm *never* read that file. The X server
> itself reads that file, and xterm just requests that information from
> the X server. That has particular importance if you're forwarding your
> X connection to a server not running on the same machine as those
> files are (for example, ssh'ing into another machine and running
> xterm---in that case, since xterm fetches that information from the X
> server, it will use the configuration of the server it's actually
> being displayed on, rather than the configuration files on the machine
> it's actually running on).
Right, but I am on my Workstation and not remotely
> xrdb -load .Xresources/XTerm
I have allredy tried this...
Greetings and Thanks for your Help
Michelle Konzack
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