how to run bash scripts and cancel the close action?

[thomasadam]

@danielhf

i write some code to set the specific environment variables in my .xprofile
which used to be invoked by gdm and it works quite well, but now i use xdm
and fvwm, it seems i could not make xdm to work with that, i try to write a
line in the fvwm config to do that, but not work at all.
config:

xdm reads ~/.xsession by default so you should create that file if it doesn’t exist. Into that you can then source your ~/.xprofile script, as in the following example:

#!/bin/sh

[ -f ~/.xprofile ] && . ~/.xprofile
exec fvwm

Make sure the perms on ~/.xsession are ‘700’ octal. (u+x)

@danielhf

i alway click on the minimize or close button by mistake, in other GUI

desktop like MS windows or Gnome, i just hold the button and move to
anywhere else, then release it , the action would be cancelled automatically. but fvwm would not behave in that way. can i configure it?

It works that way just fine for me. Where are you releasing the mouse to cancel the effect? Either way, I’d need to see your config file to be of further help.

– Thomas Adam