On 2019-03-14 20:15:13 Michael wrote:
> On Thursday 14 March 2019 06:26:16 pm J Leslie Turriff wrote:
> > On 2019-03-11 04:12:29 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
> > > Anno domini 2019 Sun, 10 Mar 11:16:03 -0500
>
> .> >  J Leslie Turriff scripsit:
> > > > On 2019-03-10 10:35:32 BorgLabs - Kate Draven wrote:
> > > > > On Sunday 10 March 2019, J Leslie Turriff wrote:
> > > > > >       Is there a way to make TDE aware of running non-Trinity
> > > > > > applications so that they can be resurrected after Logout/Login?
> > > > > >  I have at least one X11-based application (X2 - The Programmer's
> > > > > > Editor) that I use extensively, and it would be nice if it could
> > > > > > remember across Logout/Login events.
> > > > > >       I'm wondering if something like a DCOP wrapper might do the
> > > > > > job?
> > > > >
> > > > > Load the application into your autostart dir.
> > > > > /home/foo/.trinity/autostart
> > > > > Also, check the program's setting to see if it has an autostart
> > > > > feature.
> > > >
> > > >   Yes, that would work if I wanted it to start at every login, not
> > > > just if it was running when I logged out...
> > >
> > > Once upon a time there was a little kingdom where all applications held
> > > the X11 standards high and the grand master of session management
> > > called
> >
> >       So I guess you're saying that there's no way to get TDE to notice
> > my X2, then.
>
> You can use the autostart dir [1], but you'll need to do the work yourself.
>   You could add a wrapper to starting X2 and a script in the autostart dir.
>  Or better would be a check script in the shutdown dir (if it exists) and a
> corresponding script in the autostart dir.
>
> Here's some out of context code from something else, hack-and-slash as
> needed.
>
> #!/bin/bash
> /path-to-X2/X2
> Pid=`pgrep -f /path-to-X2/X2`
> if [ "$Pid" != "" ] ; then
> #  echo Already running...
> #  ps "$Pid"
>   touch /home/foo/.trinity/apps-to-restart/X2
>   exit
> fi
>
> In any event, what you want can be done, it just might be painful.
>
> Best,
> Michael
>
> [1] Mine seems to be called:  /home/michael/.trinity/Autostart

	You're apparently misunderstanding what I'm looking for.  I don't want this 
program to Always start when I login, only when it was running at the time 
that I previously logged out.  That's why I wondered if some sort of DCOP 
wrapper might be appropriate.

Leslie