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From: Paul <pa...@nl...> - 2007-12-28 17:52:34
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>> 2) There is a way for have an Hourglass in icewm ? I need it because >> same programe (eg. firefox) take a long time to start and users click >> two, tree times on the firefox icon. > >No idea, sorry. I doubt that is possible, as Linux is not Windows. You start a process in Linux and that is executed while Linux keeps going. You might be able to rig something in a script, although that is not 100% failsafe: ## start-script for Firefox if [ -f firefox_runs ] then exit fi echo x > firefox_runs firefox rm -f firefox_runs This checks for the existence of a file 'firefox_runs'. if it exists, the script ends. Otherwise the file is made, firefox starts, and when it ends the file is deleted. Do remember that when things might crash, the file is not removed automatically, so you should be able to handle that. Good luck. Paul -- When things go wrong.....don't go with them http://www.nlpagan.net Running on Mandriva Linux 2008 and Saucony Grid Omni 6 |