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methuselah

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Registered: 2007-10-02

Posts: 570

A question about the fusion-icon. [SOLVED]

Hello, I have Compiz Fusion and Emerald installed, I was wondering what the proper way of staring both the "fusion-icon" and the "emerald --replace &" command is?

I usually have to do it the long way by clicking "alt+f2" and then typing: fusion-icon

next, when I try to click "alt+f2" again, it doesn't open at all.

... so then I have to open up a terminal with no borders, to type: emerald --replace &

then my emerald borders appear...

After that, I am able to click "alt+f2" again to open up "Run Application", so when I close my terminal, emerald disappears, and then with the already open "Run Application", I can type: emerald --replace &

... so everything will work properly.

I know there is an easier way to do this, in xubuntu I used to use this command:

compiz --replace -c emerald &

...so what would the proper code be for Arch and the fusion-icon?

Last edited by methuselah (2007-10-28 15:26:50)

luciferin

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Registered: 2007-05-10

Posts: 144

Re: A question about the fusion-icon. [SOLVED]

The only code you need to run at start up is

fusion-icon

If you're running gnome there's a Fusion-icon config screen in the menus.  Just select emerald there and you should be good to go.  If you're not on gnome run the command fusion-icon again (once it's already started) to launch it.

methuselah

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Registered: 2007-10-02

Posts: 570

Re: A question about the fusion-icon. [SOLVED]

The only code you need to run at start up is

fusion-icon

If you're running gnome there's a Fusion-icon config screen in the menus.  Just select emerald there and you should be good to go.  If you're not on gnome run the command fusion-icon again (once it's already started) to launch it.

Ok, thank you luciferin, I see how to do it that way now.

Last edited by methuselah (2007-10-27 07:40:03)

methuselah

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Registered: 2007-10-02

Posts: 570

Re: A question about the fusion-icon. [SOLVED]

... sorry to ask such a stupid question... I now see that once I actually select emerald as my window theme, that it will open the next time I run "fusion-icon".

I have been using Compiz Fusion since it started while in xubuntu, so we never had an icon or window manager, and you always had to use the "emreald --replace &" command, so I thought it was still the same in Arch...

Thanks for the answer luciferin.

Last edited by methuselah (2007-10-27 07:41:07)

bluetech

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Registered: 2007-10-26

Posts: 7

Re: A question about the fusion-icon. [SOLVED]

By the way, if you have started a process in the terminal and you want it to keep running after you close the terminal, then you can do disown process-name and it will happen.

Last edited by bluetech (2007-10-28 20:40:19)