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- From: kipp@warp.asd.sgi.com (Kipp Hickman)
- Subject: Re: xwsh's -title option doesn't do what I expect
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- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Advanced Systems Division
- References: <1992Jul25.183532.25291@news.yale.edu>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 17:29:30 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul25.183532.25291@news.yale.edu>,
- dcs@neutron.chem.yale.edu (Dave Schweisguth) writes:
- |> 'xwsh -name foo -title bar' opens an xwsh with the title "bar".
- |> 'xwsh -name foo.bar -title baz' opens an xwsh with the title
- |> "foo.bar".
- ... doesn't work right
-
- Putting a "." in a name will cause you go through conniption fits because
- the name is used as a key in the "X resource data base" stuff. Nuke the
- "."s and all should be well. Try it with xterm, etc, and you will see
- similar bizarre behavior.
-
- kipp hickman
- silicon graphics inc.
-