afterstepdoc

Andrew Edelstein (andrew@pure-chaos.com)
Mon, 29 Jun 98 20:53:13 +0200 


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If you click on the afterstep doc button in the default wharf, it runs
/usr/bin/afterstepdoc, which first looks to see if you have netscape and
launches it, loading the AfterStep documentation file from your hard drive. If
you don't have Netscape, it runs Lynx instead.
The problem is, if you have Netscape, and you already have a Netscape session
running, it will complain that there is already a ~/.netscape/lock file, etc.

This was highly annoying, since I have Netscape running 90% of the time when
I'm logged in. I have modified /usr/bin/afterstepdoc (attached) such that
after testing for the existence of Netscape on your machine, it will then
check to see if it is already runnning. If it is not running, it will proceed
as before. If it IS running, it will then use Netscapes -remote option to tell
your running session to load the docs in a new window (so as not to disturb
whatever you were already doing in your original window.)

I submit this for inclusion in the next update to AS. I'm sure there are more
elegent ways of testing to see if Netscape is already running, and I welcome
any suggestions (I'm a beginning shell hacker.)

-- 
Andrew Edelstein

Sarah - Doctor, you're being a child.
The Doctor - Why shouldn't I? There's no point in being an adult if you can't
act childish now and then.		Dr. Who

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#!/bin/sh
#
# Copyright (C) 1998, Cristian Gafton <gafton@redhat.com>, GPL
#
# If netscape isn't available, run lynx in a xiterm
# First try standard path, then local, then other possible paths
#

for netscape in /usr/X11R6/bin/netscape /usr/bin/netscape \
       /usr/local/bin/netscape /usr/local/netscape/netscape \
       /opt/netscape/netscape /opt/bin/netscape ; do
   if [ -x $netscape ] ; then
	if [ -f /usr/ucb/ps ]; then
		PS=`/usr/ucb/ps | grep netscape | grep -v grep`
		else
		PS=`ps | grep netscape | grep -v grep`
	fi
   if [ $PS ]; then
       exec $netscape -noraise -remote
'openFILE(/usr/share/afterstep/doc/afterstep.html,new-window)'
	else
	exec $netscape /usr/share/afterstep/doc/afterstep.html
   fi
done

for lynx in /usr/bin/lynx /bin/lynx /usr/local/bin/lynx ; do
    if [ -x $lynx ] ; then
       exec xiterm -bg black -fg peachpuff -sl 500 -vb -e "$lynx
/usr/share/afterstep/doc/afterstep.html"
    fi
done

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