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[mgp-users 00925] Re: Problems embedding apps in presentations
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- Subject: [mgp-users 00925] Re: Problems embedding apps in presentations
- From: Christoph Dalitz <christoph.dalitz@hs-niederrhein.de>
- Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 15:36:08 +0200
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Hello Chris,
what is the advantage of this solution over using mgp with the "-o"
option and move the mgp window on a different virtual desktop?
Christoph Dalitz
On Thu, 6 Jun 2002 08:55:33 -0400
Chris Tyler <chris@global.proximity.on.ca> wrote:
>
> Here is another solution to starting mgp without a window manager: I use a
> script named "xmgp" which starts X and then fires up the presentation on
> that display:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> #
> # xmgp :: start mgp on its own display
> #
> DISPLAY=":1" export DISPLAY
> X $DISPLAY 2>/dev/null &
> sleep 2 # give X a head-start
> mgp $*
> killall X # terminate X when mgp exits