Re: Running midnight commander from a menu

On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:42:52 +0100
Dion <[email protected]> wrote:

> > 
> > Recently I have been having all sorts of problems running M-C
> > from a menu (as opposed to calling it up while in a terminal).
> > 
> > I have tried creating a small script in my home dir and calling
> > it via xterm -e on the menu.
> > It seems no matter which way I do it..the MC screen is messed up
> > in various ways..sometimes the directory list is partly
> > overwritten, other times the left hand side of the F key prompts
> > is missing..etc etc.
> > 
> > It also seems Icewm doesn't have this problem...the identical
> > script called in IceWm works without a problem. Is there some
> > fundamental difference between the two wm's..or is my Fluxbox
> > config messed up someway?

> 
> Usually I define commands like this directly in the menuentry. Try
> this line in your menu:
> 
> [exec] (mc) {xterm -e mc}
> 

   That's how I do it usually...but because lately I've been
switching back and forth between Fluxbox and Icewm...I've taken
to writing a small shell script and calling that from the menus.

   

> If this works, you can start customizing size and fonts to get
> something more managable, e.g. for something more command-line
> looking:
> 
> [exec] (mc) {xterm -bg black -fg gray -g 90x36 -fa "Courier" -fs 12
> -e mc -bd}


  On my system this results in a terminal window larger than m-c...
with the result there is black blank screen on the right hand side and below m-c.
In Icewm...the black blank area is even larger...must be something to do with the  way
the two handles windows.
I always have problems when I use xterm in these kinds of situation...I have
taken to using urxvt which seems the like my system better :)
Guess there is no ultimate solution....I'll continue experimenting.



-- 
Frank<[email protected]>

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