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From: gildea@expo.lcs.mit.EDU (Stephen Gildea)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Help: xon executed from menus doesn't work
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Date: 7 Jan 91 15:45:09 GMT
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    Date: 5 Jan 91 03:42:37 GMT
    From: cherny@abacus.colorado.edu (Stacey Cherny)
    Subject: Help: xon executed from menus doesn't work
    
    I've defined various commands to be executed from the pop-up up
    menus which I've set in my .twmrc (and .mwmrc) file(s).  All
    commands work fine, except the ones which use xon.  So if I try
    something like 'xon host xterm &' as a command from the menu,
    nothing happens.  If I type this in an xterm, it works fine.
    ...

You are probably not setting up your environment early enough.
Commands run from window manager menus run in the environment
that was in effect when the wm started.  In particular, you may
not have DISPLAY set in that environment.  "xon" needs DISPLAY
set.

 < Stephen