Re: .workspace_state

Brandon Bergenroth (brandonb@beaches.net)
Mon, 01 Jun 1998 18:50:35 +0000


Steve Ki-Won Lee wrote:

> On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Brandon Bergenroth wrote:
>
> > I just upgraded and I see there is no longer a .windows file but a
> > .workspace_state file.  I see no mention of this file in the man page or
> > the faq.  What is it and how do you use it?
>
> .workspace_state is used by the /usr/share/afterstep/autoexec file and it
> essentially will save your desktop setttings everytime you log out and
> start your AS exactly as it was according to the .w_s file.  If you like
> that, then you could leave the autoexec as it is, but if you'd rather use
> your .xinitrc everytime you start your AS, then you should modify it so.
> Have fun!
>
> Steve

  Is there something special to do for afterstep to save your settings?
Seems it doesn't work for me, when I restart nothing is there and I have
never seen anything written to the .w_s file.

Brandon



--
   WWW:   http://www.afterstep.org/
   FTP:   ftp://ftp.afterstep.org/
   MAIL:  http://wormhole.eosys.com/mailing-lists/AfterStep-Info.html
   FAQ:   http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/zamboni/afterstep/FAQ.html

   To unsubscribe: echo unsubscribe | mail afterstep-request@eosys.com