Re: (solved) editing apps and slitlist

On 3/5/06, [email protected] <[email protected]>
wrote:
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> On Sat, 4 Mar 2006, Valter Toffolo wrote:
>
> > On 3/4/06, [email protected] <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sat, 4 Mar 2006, Valter Toffolo wrote:
> >>
> >>> it seems that fluxbox overwrite the apps file constantly, probably
> using
> >> a
> >>> buffered copy of the file, because every time i edit apps file while
> >> fluxbox
> >>> is running, my changes are lost. as i hate to shutdown X and close all
> >> apps,
> >>> what i do is switch to another wm, change the apps file, and then come
> >> back
> >>> to flux =)
> >>> i noticed this behavior with the slitlist file as well...
> >>> anyone has any clue/workaround about it?
> >>
> >> edit, make it readonly (chmod 444) and reload.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> > nice!
> > i will also include 'chmod u+r ~/.fluxbox/{slitlist,apps}' in my startup
> > script hehe =)
> 'chmod -w ~/.fluxbox/{slitlist,apps}' might be better, if you want to
> avoid fluxbox changing things automatically.
>
> actually you only need to make them readonly after editing, if you
> reloaded configuration you can make them writeable again.
>
> cheers
> --
>

yeah that's what i meant, +w when it start/restart so it can save app
settings again =)