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I need to add Avant Window Navigator to Startup

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I need to add Avant Window Navigator to Startup. I go to System>Preferences>Sessions>Startup Programs>Add.
I guess Avant Window Navigator is the name I need to add...right! What would the command be? This is what I need to know.

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Best Robert Di Gioia (digioiar) said : 		#1

Hi

I don't use awn, but to find out the command, open a terminal window and type the following command:

xprop | grep WM_CLASS

The cursor will change to a cross-hair (or big plus sign if you prefer), now click on the Avant Window Navigator
You will get a string back like this that I got when I clicked on the terminal.: WM_CLASS(STRING) = "gnome-terminal", "Gnome-terminal"

the first string tells me that the command for terminal is really gnome-terminal. I think you need the path as well in sessions, so to get the path, use the which command in terminal.

which pgm

just substitute whatever the first string was in the first command for pgm. For example, with terminal, I would type

which gnome-terminal

and the system would reply

/usr/bin/gnome-terminal

Put the output of which into the sessions manager.

Hope this helps.

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Riverrun (buttimersean) said : 		#2

Thanks for that Robert, this is very useful information. That's another bit I've learnt.

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Riverrun (buttimersean) said : 		#3

Thanks Robert Di Gioia, that solved my question.