[linux-help] Re: Help with spawning a program

[Ryan Claycamp <ryanc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Jun 03, 2000 at 02:31:38PM -0500, Brian Chapman wrote:
> At 6/3/00 11:00 AM , Brian Chapman wrote:
> > From what i understand, programs control netscape through it's 'remote'
> > procedures, however if a netscape process does not exist, one is created
> > and is attached to which ever shell the calling process created it from.
> > So you could either make sure a netcape process is already running, or
> > perhaps you could have it spawned from its own shell (aka: bash -c
> > netscape ..etc..)
> 
> doh! actually, ignore that last part it that won't help either. i think
> your only option will have to be an already running netscape process.
> perhaps you can launch netscape (maybe iconisized) at the same time you
> run mutt...or something...
> 

Thanks for the suggestions.  I went back to the urlview program, which
is a simple script file, and saw it has three options for how a
program is run; XW, XWindows program; XT, Launch with an xterm if
possible or as VT if not; VT, Launch in the same terminal.  I had
written my own script to handle the call if netscape was already
running and it was set as VT.  I changed it to XT and it works great
now.  Of course I get a new xterm window, but I have it start as an
icon so it isn't much of a hassle.  Now I can close mutt and still
surf the web.

Ryan
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