Re: Startup

Omar Downie (odownie@uwimona.edu.jm)
Sun, 29 Sep 1996 18:27:57 +0500

Thanks Steve,

Your suggestion did exactly what I'd hoped for. Now "Battery Watcher" starts
everytime I reboot.

-Omar.

At 11:23 PM 25/09/1996 -0400, GWSteve@aol.com wrote:
>
>There's no such group, per se, but you can add items to the
>execOnStartup key in the [ui] section of the GEOS.INI file.
>
>Note: the following keys are intended for the desktop
>version of Geos. Some of them might not be appropriate
>for use on the OmniGo.
>
>The [ui] section of the GEOS.INI file determines the user
>interface and also allows passing of parameters to the user
>interface. If the keys do not exist, GEOS uses the default
>(and only) user interface, UI.GEO, and passes no parameters
>to it.
>
> [ui]
>
>generic = <file name>
>
> This key defines the generic user interface library file
> that is to be used by GEOS. If the key is missing, then it
> defaults to UI.GEO
>
>specific = <file name>
>
> This key defines the specific user interface library file
> that is to be used by GEOS. If the key is missing, then it
> defaults to MOTIF.GEO
>
>execOnStartup = <namelist>
>
> This key defines applications to be run when GEOS starts
> up. <namelist> can consist of one or more application
> names. These values can be placed on the same line,
> separated by spaces, or across several lines. If placed
> across several lines, they must be enclosed with curly
> braces.
>
> EXAMPLE:
> execOnStartup = Clock GeoPlanner
>
>background = <background file name>
>
> Use this file as the background picture. This is normally
> set by the Preference manager.
>
>backgroundColor = <number>
>
> Color index of background color. This is normally set by
> the Preference manager. Available colors are
> = 0 (Black)
> = 1 (Dark Blue)
> = 2 (Dark Green)
> = 3 (Dark Cyan)
> = 4 (Dark Red)
> = 5 (Dark Purple)
> = 6 (Brown)
> = 7 (Light Gray)
> = 8 (Dark Gray)
> = 9 (Light Blue)
> = 10 (Light Green)
> = 11 (Light Cyan)
> = 12 (Light Red)
> = 13 (Light Purple)
> = 14 (Yellow)
> = 15 (White)
>
>backgroundAttr = <t|c|x>
>
> This key defines how the background picture will be
> displayed. It is normally set by the Preferences manager.
> The options are
>
> = t (tiled)
> = c (centered)
> = x (upper left corner)
>
>autosave = <true|false>
>
> True if document safeguarding is turned on. Normally set
> by the Preferences manager.
>
>autosaveTime = <number>
>
> Defines the interval (in seconds) between auto-saves
>
>haveEnvironmentApp = <true|false>
>
> True if an environment application like the Welcome screen
> is specified as the defaultLauncher in [uiFeatures]
>
>doNotDisplayResetBox = <true|false>
>
> This key is set to true if we don't want to put up the
> Reset GEOS dialog box after a crash or improper exit. If
> this is set to true, then deleteStateFilesAfterCrash
> should also be set to true, or some crashes may allow bad
> state files to keep GEOS from restarting properly.
>
>deleteStateFilesAfterCrash = <true|false>
>
> True if we always want to delete state files after a
> crash. If this key is set to true, then
> doNotDisplayResetBox should also be set to true.
>
>overstrikeMode = <true|false>
>
> True allows the user to go into overstrike mode (the
> default). False prevents the user from switching to
> overstrike mode. This key is normally set by the
> Preferences manager.
>
>kbdAcceleratorMode = <true|false>
>
> If false, this key tells GEOS to ignore keyboard
> accelerators. By default, this is true and keyboard
> accelerators are allowed. Note that this is independent of
> whether keyboard accelerators are drawn, which is mainly
> controlled by the value of windowOptions in uiFeatures.
>
>productName = <string>
>
> This key holds the name of product in the "Are you sure
> you want to exit <string>?" message in the dialog box that
> appears when you Exit to DOS
>
>noTokenDatabase = <true|false>
>
> True to prevent any token database from being initialized.
> This would only be used to improve startup time on a
> system where no icons were going to be used--that is, when
> GEOS starts up and just runs one application
>
>noClipboard = <true|false>
>
> True to prevent the clipboard from loading. This would be
> used only to improve startup time on a system that never
> needs the clipboard.
>
>noSpooler = <true|false>
>
> True to prevent launching the spooler. Would be used only
> to optimize startup time on a system that never prints.
>
>noTaskSwitcher = <true|false>
>
> True to prevent loading the task switcher. This may be
> used to improve startup time if the system running GEOS
> knows in advance that it will never use a taskswitcher.
>
>sound = <true|false>
>
> Turns sound on or off and is normally set by the
> Preferences application.
>
>confirmShutdown = <true|false>
>
> True to show the confirmation dialog box before
> shutting down. False to skip the confirmation dialog box.
> Defaults to true.
>
>screenBlanker = <true|false>
>
> True to enable screen blanker.
>
>screenBlankerTimeout =<number>
>
> This key sets the number of minutes of idle time before
> activating screen saver or blanker.
>
>Steve
>
>