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Rich:
Hi Leee

--- Quote from: Leee on January 16, 2024, 06:41:02 PM ---I hadn't really even considered using both the built-in and the external monitors ...
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Sometimes it's handy to put something on the small builtin monitor that
you don't want cluttering up your main screen. Like running  top  to see
if anything is starting to hog RAM or CPU time. Or when searching the web
for something, you can highlight and copy from the browser, then slide the
mouse to the other screen and paste into editor for later use.


--- Quote --- ... I don't suppose it would even have to be two instances of the -same- window manager - although jwm on one side and flwm on the other might damage the ole brain a bit.    :)
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You might want to rethink that. The window managers each have their
own scripts for setting up menus, and I don't know if they're compatible.
The last window manager extension loaded sets this:

--- Code: ---tc@E310:~$ cat /etc/sysconfig/desktop
flwm_topside
tc@E310:~$
--- End code ---
tce-load calls  desktop.sh  if a window manager is running:

--- Code: ---tc@E310:~$ grep "desktop.sh" /usr/bin/tce-load
                                [ -s /etc/sysconfig/desktop ] && desktop.sh "$APPNAME"
                                        [ -s /etc/sysconfig/desktop ] && desktop.sh "$APPNAME"
tc@E310:~$
--- End code ---
Checking  desktop.sh  shows it calls  "$DESKTOP"_makemenu:

--- Code: ---tc@E310:~$ grep menu /usr/local/bin/desktop.sh
[ $(which "$DESKTOP"_makemenu) ] && "$DESKTOP"_makemenu "$APPNAME" 2>/dev/null
tc@E310:~$
--- End code ---
Since the value of  $DESKTOP  is set to:

--- Code: ---tc@E310:~$ echo $DESKTOP
flwm_topside
tc@E310:~$
--- End code ---
It will call this script:

--- Code: ---tc@E310:~$ ls -l $(which "$DESKTOP"_makemenu)
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 60 Jan  7 17:28 /usr/local/bin/flwm_topside_makemenu -> /tmp/tcloop/flwm_topside/usr/local/bin/flwm_topside_makemenu
tc@E310:~$
--- End code ---

GNUser:

--- Quote from: Rich on January 16, 2024, 03:00:43 PM ---Really? I use the same module and it's part of  wireless-KERNEL.tcz.  I also see
ath9k  listed here:
http://tinycorelinux.net/15.x/x86_64/tcz/wireless-6.6.8-tinycore64.tcz.list

--- End quote ---
Hi Rich. Oops, you're right, of course. I forgot that I had that extension loaded. Thank you for the correction.

Leee:

--- Quote --- ...
You might want to rethink that. The window managers each have theirown scripts for setting up menus, and I don't know if they're compatible.
...
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Probably just as well - that was just one of those absurdities that occasionally pop up in my thoughts.   :)
My current physical set up doesn't have room for me to open the laptop screen right now so I won't be able to play with that sort of thing for a while.  I was in the midst of re-arranging the whole setup when the snow tried to get me - I fell and twisted my ankle pretty badly - so no more rearranging of shtuff for a few weeks.
On the other hand (or "foot"!), I now have plenty of time to sit and consider things like desktop menus... I recently started using apulse with firefox, which calls for starting firefox with
--- Code: ---apulse firefox
--- End code ---

so I ended up writing a little script to tweak .wbar appropriately.  Now I'm feeling like there's probably a more elegant solution to that.

NewUser:
The company I worked for was a Dell shop. I have put TCL on D and E series Latitudes, and mid-modern XPSs. All work well.

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