On 04 May 2000 18:10:15 -0230, Neil Zanella wrote:
>
> I cannot see that Piperead would be any more useful than Exec.
> Could anyone give me an example of a useful Piperead command
> that cannot be implemented as an Exec command?
PipeRead and Exec are totally different commands, although they both start
shell commands. Exec is non-blocking, i.e. fvwm continues to run following
commands immideately without worrying about launched applications, it is
ideal for launching X applications. Contrary, PipeRead is blocking, i.e.
it waits until its shell command is finished *and* in addition executes
its standard output, as if it is fvwm native commands.
Examples (the second is for 2.3 versions, see fvwm-menu-xlock man page):
PipeRead `echo "All ($USER_at_$HOST) Iconify"`
PipeRead 'fvwm-menu-xlock --name MenuXLock --title "Lock Screen"'
Regards,
Mikhael.
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Received on Thu May 04 2000 - 17:03:36 BST