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From: barnes@TAURUS.CS.NPS.NAVY.MIL (patrick barnes)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: xset bc from twm
Message-ID: <9102142225.AA01967@taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil>
Date: 14 Feb 91 22:25:24 GMT
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I'm trying to execute xlock from a twm menu:  I don't have the fixed xlock 
installed yet and use xset bc to get the old one to work. I put the
following in my .twmrc file :

menu  "Exec"  {
"Exec"                 f.title
"Lock Screen"          !"xlock bc;xlock -font lucidasans-italic-24 &"
...

The X server locked up with a timer cursor showing.  I rlogined from
another machine and killed the xset bc process and it worked ok.

I also tried

"Lock Screen"          f.function "Lock"

with
Function "Lock"
{
  !"xset bc"
  !"xlock -font lucidasans-italic-24 &"
}

..which gave the same results. xset bc doesn't hang when I execute it
from the command line, why from within twm?

pat

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