Re: .workspace_state

Steve Ki-Won Lee (kiwon@ugrad.cs.ualberta.ca)
Mon, 1 Jun 1998 16:25:13 -0600 (MDT)


On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Brandon Bergenroth wrote:

> 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.

that's strange, when I first got my AS, I had the opposite problem.  I
assume you have your .xinitrc setup correctly and your
/usr/share/afterstep/autoexec as well to have your .xinitrc used instead
of your .workspace_state?  check out the autoexec file and see what it
says, and make sure your .xinitrc is correct as well.  

Anybody wanna lend a hand?  I'm not an AS expert by nooo means...what am I
missing here?

Steve


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