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kriz

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Registered: 2009-06-29

Posts: 96

what happend to xlaunch?

looked for it and couldn't find it. i know it was a very old package, but it worked and was good.
why was it removed? has it become obsolete, because theres a modern version, or the xserver is able to do it on its own?

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Stefan Husmann

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From: Germany

Registered: 2007-08-07

Posts: 1,391

Re: what happend to xlaunch?

you mean http://kevinlocke.name/programs/xlaunch.php ?

kriz

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Registered: 2009-06-29

Posts: 96

Re: what happend to xlaunch?

no not this

Kevin Locke's xlaunch

...allows the user to run a program in the
current X session...

i mean ths script from gentoo forums http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-483004.html

.... launch an program on an other DISPLAY...

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„Je verdinglichter die Welt, je dichter das Netz, das der Natur überworfen wurde, desto mehr beansprucht ideologisch das Denken, das jenes Netz spinnt, seinerseits Natur, Urerfahrung zu sein." Theodor W. Adorno [aus: Wozu noch Philosopie]

Gen2ly

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From: Sevierville, TN

Registered: 2009-03-06

Posts: 1,529

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Re: what happend to xlaunch?

#!/bin/bash

DISPLAY=:1.0

xinit $* -- :1

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