kadie@uiucdcsb.cs.uiuc.edu (03/23/88)
For the last week I've been using News instead of Suntools
as my windowing system as I do software development. The
biggest aggravation is that the News window starts out blank
and I must spend 5 minutes opening the windows and applications
that I like.
Is there easy anyway to store a setup? With Suntools
you can just set it up the way you want it and then
ask it to automatically make an initialization file.
Is there anything like this for New?
Carl Kadie
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
UUCP: {ihnp4,pur-ee,convex}!uiucdcs!kadie
CSNET: kadie@UIUC.CSNET
ARPA: kadie@M.CS.UIUC.EDU (kadie@UIUC.ARPA)mende@porthos.rutgers.edu (Bob Mende pie) (03/24/88)
In article <186000001@uiucdcsb> kadie@uiucdcsb.cs.uiuc.edu writes: > Is there easy anyway to store a setup? With Suntools > you can just set it up the way you want it and then > ask it to automatically make an initialization file. > Is there anything like this for New? If there wasn't *no one* would use it... Just give postscript commands in part of your user.ps file and you will get what you want... just make sure that the server is started *before* the user.ps is taken in $NEWSHOME/lib/NeWS/init.ps /Bob -- mende@aramis.rutgers.edu rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!mende mende@zodiac.bitnet I know that yow dont understand me... Nobody understands me!
siegel@hc.DSPO.GOV (Josh Siegel) (03/24/88)
In article <186000001@uiucdcsb > kadie@uiucdcsb.cs.uiuc.edu writes: > >For the last week I've been using News instead of Suntools >as my windowing system as I do software development. The >biggest aggravation is that the News window starts out blank >and I must spend 5 minutes opening the windows and applications >that I like. > >Is there easy anyway to store a setup? With Suntools >you can just set it up the way you want it and then >ask it to automatically make an initialization file. >Is there anything like this for New? > > > >Carl Kadie >University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign >UUCP: {ihnp4,pur-ee,convex}!uiucdcs!kadie >CSNET: kadie@UIUC.CSNET >ARPA: kadie@M.CS.UIUC.EDU (kadie@UIUC.ARPA) Below is what we use around here... it gives each user the ability to set up a .NeWSrc... just put this code into /usr/NeWS/lib/user.ps --Josh Siegel % % NeWS startup code for '.NeWSrc' files in home directory. % % This is called from 'init.ps'. This code reads % commands out of a '.NeWSrc' file in you home directory. % This allows you to initilize menus and to prestart % jobs. (like suntools). % % Note: This file is superceeded by 'user.ps' files in % the directory from which the server is started. % BUT, this file superceeds the presentes of a 'user.ps' % file in your home directory. % /dspouserfilelen (HOME) getenv length def /dspouserfile dspouserfilelen 8 add string def (HOME) getenv dspouserfile copy pop dspouserfile dspouserfilelen (/.NeWSrc) putinterval dspouserfile LoadFile pop -- Josh Siegel (siegel@hc.dspo.gov) I like using a C-47A "puff dragon" to go hunting with.
don@BRILLIG.UMD.EDU (Don Hopkins) (03/26/88)
I use the journalling facility in NeWS 1.1 to set up my screen. The
last thing my user.ps file does is to invoke a journal file called
"hello".
systemdict /Journal known not { (NeWS/journal.ps) run } if
/playdemo { % playbackfilename => -
Journal begin
State /Stopped eq {
{ PlaybackFile
/PlaybackFile 3 -1 roll def
newprocessgroup
framebuffer setcanvas
journalplay
/PlaybackFile exch def
} fork pop
} if
pop
end
} def
(hello) playdemo
You can journal keystrokes as well as mouse events! But I had to set
my autorepeat threshold higher to avoid prrrrrrroblems when the
journal file gets played back more slowly than it was recorded. (It
journals key down and up events. An option to journal just the
translated ASCII events would be useful.)
% Set key repeat
UserProfile begin
/KeyRepeatThresh 1 60 div .8 mul userdefault
/KeyRepeatTime 1 60 div 10 div userdefault
end
My "hello" journal file starts a console window, runs a psh in it,
starts the debugger, iconifies it, and runs several remote terminal
window and other programs from various menus, set up in my user.ps.
I go visit the Coke machine while it's warming up.
-Donrandy@NCIFCRF.GOV (03/30/88)
Specifically take a look at the "forkunix" primitive; one of our users here forks off a file (shell script) that looks alot like .suntools, but with "&"s on the end of each line. -- Randy Randy Smith @ NCI Supercomputer Facility c/o PRI, Inc. Phone: (301) 698-5660 PO Box B, Bldng. 430 Uucp: ...!uunet!ncifcrf.gov!randy Frederick, MD 21701 Arpa: randy@ncifcrf.gov