Re: (Was: FVWM: Fvwm 2 next release)

From: Michael J. Carter <mcarter_at_lanl.gov>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 96 09:23:59 MDT

>>>>> "Kai" == Kai Grossjohann <grossjoh_at_charly.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> writes:

    Kai> With Fvwm you can put menu definitions in a file, then read
    Kai> that file at run time to have these take effect. So, you
    Kai> write a shell script that does:

    Kai> echo AddToMenu Bla \"Item\" Exec xterm >>
    Kai> ~/.fvwm/foo-menu

    Kai> And you can do

    Kai> Read ~/.fvwm/foo-menu

    Kai> from a menu or a keybinding. This seems to be
    Kai> Turing-complete. Can tvtwm do better than this?

"He" says that tvtwm does a fstat() on a 'menu file', and if it has
changed, the new version is read without the need to push a button. I
must admit it is more elegant....

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