steveaux@my-Deja.com wrote:

(1) Because I use Star Office and various Microsoft applications, I now sometiimes catch myself trying to save with ^S in Linux applications. Sometimes I don't and a couple of times, I've simply hit S as the wrong key when trying ^A. When I do this, I suddenly can't use my keyboard at all in that X-window, although it is fine everywhere else. How can I get rid of this control key sequence of ill omen before I slip up in the middle of something important? Or is this actually something that could be very useful that I should know about?

In a terminal window (or on a text console) Ctrl-S is used to stop the output. Use Ctrl-Q to continue. Be carefull what you type in a stopped terminal. Even if the output is stopped and you can't see the echo the terminal still accepts input...

(2) How do I start an application within its own X window? For example, I can open an X window and start Matlab inside that X window. How can I just start Matlab (or pico or pine) from X window A and have it running in X window B?

You can use the -e option of xterm to run a specific program in a new terminal. Try `xterm -e PROGRAM_NAME &'.

(2) How would I get an array of applications to start any time I use startx?

Since you are using Fvwm2 you can add entries to Fvwm2's InitFunction in your ~/.fvwm2rc: AddToFunc InitFunction "I" Exec COMMAND_1 + "I" Exec COMMAND_2 ... This commands are executed whenever Fvwm2 starts. Eilert -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eilert Brinkmann -- Universitaet Bremen -- FB 3, Informatik eilert@informatik.uni-bremen.de - eilert@tzi.org - eilert@linuxfreak.com http://www.informatik.uni-bremen.de/~eilert/ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/