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Perhaps you want to keep track of when you stop working every day: xterm & xclock & fvwm date > > ~/logout-time
Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage John Goerzen
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The simplest. xsession just runs a window manager: exec fvwm
Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage John Goerzen
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If you do it without the exec, everything will appear to behave the same way, but behind the scenes. xsession will hang around waiting for fvwm, and. xsession will exit after fvwm does.
Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage John Goerzen
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When you exit fvwm, it will move on to the last line, which appends the current date and time to the file ~/logout-time.
Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage John Goerzen
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No problem; just enter xterm & xterm & xclock & exec fvwm.
Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage John Goerzen
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Say you end your. xsession with the line exec fvwm.
Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage John Goerzen
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This will fork off an xterm and an xclock and then run fvwm and wait for it to finish.
Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage John Goerzen
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This will run fvwm, and the X session will end when fvwm exits.
Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage John Goerzen
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This means that the fvwm window manager will be run when X starts.
Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage John Goerzen
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In all the examples, replace fvwm with the window manager of your choice.
Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage John Goerzen
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