Swallowing a terminal

Hi, I’m trying to swallow a terminal in a Fvwm button, it works but if I restart Fvwm the terminal is restarted so for example if I launch irssi in this term the session is closed.
It happens on FVWM 2.5.16 and 17 on linux and 2.5.16 on FreeBSD
Here is a little config to show what happens :

DestroyFunc StartFunction
AddToFunc StartFunction
+ I Module FvwmCommandS
+ I Module FvwmAnimate
+ I Module FvwmEvent
+ I Module FvwmButtons ZConsole

##################################################
# Console
###################################################

Style "ZConsole" NoTitle, !Handles, !Borders, Sticky, WindowListSkip, \
CirculateSkip, StaysOnBottom, FixedPosition, FixedSize, !Iconifiable


DestroyModuleConfig ZConsole
*ZConsole: Geometry 800x400-0-0
*ZConsole: Colorset 50
*ZConsole: ActiveColorset 50
*ZConsole: PressColorset 50
*ZConsole: BoxSize smart
*ZConsole: Columns 800
*ZConsole: Rows 400
*ZConsole: Frame 0 

#*ZConsole: (800x400, Swallow (UseOld,NoKill,Respawn) "Console" 'Exec xterm -name Console')
#*ZConsole: (800x400, Swallow (UseOld,NoKill,Respawn) "Console" 'Exec exec xterm -name Console')
#*ZConsole: (800x400, Swallow (UseOld,NoKill,Respawn) "Console" Nop, \
#               Action `Exec "Console" xterm -name Console`)
#*ZConsole: (800x400, Swallow (UseOld,NoKill,Respawn) "Console" Nop, \
#               Action `Exec "Console" xterm -name Console &`)

I’ve tried the las 4 buttons and no one works.
Just launch the config then start something ( top / ls -a … ) then restart fvwm and oups clean terminal :unamused:

I don’t know what to do thx for reply

I think that you want:

*ZConsole: (Swallow (UseOld, NoClose) "Console" `Exec xterm -name Console`)

as the format is:

Swallow [(flags)] hangon command

I like backticks. You can use others too.

From the manpage:

morbusg, you’re my hero of the day :slight_smile: no kidding :slight_smile:
Thx a lot

Nah – as he has it there is fine – in fact the geometry of the button is important in this case. Note that I have not been able to reproduce this at all via the discussions we’ve had in IRC (which, I might point out, the Original Poster decided to conveniently fail to mention).

As for the quoting mechanisms, FVWM doesn’t care which you use, and places no restriction as to precedence.

– Thomas Adam

what ?
It works ! I’ve used NoKill instead of NoClose that’s the reason now everything is ok, I’ve also put the geometry back from the answer of morbusg and that’s clearly what I wanted.

Cool. :)