Re: FVWM: Generalized PipeRead

From: Dan Espen <dane_at_mk.telcordia.com>
Date: Sat, 06 May 2000 20:18:16 -0400

Neil Zanella <nzanella_at_cs.mun.ca> writes:
>
> Hello,
>
> It would be nice if there was a generalized version of PipeRead called
> PipeReadString which worked as follows: the output of
>
> PipeReadString command.sh
>
> would be the output of the (shell script) command. However, unlike with
> PipeRead, this output would not be Exec'ed directly. Instead the output
> would appear in front of an Exec command as an argument. For example:
>
> Exec xterm -bg PipeReadString bg.sh -fg PipeReadString fg.sh

Does this work:

PipeRead "echo Exec xterm -bg `bg.sh` -fg `fg.sh`"

> The advantage of PipeReadString over PipeRead is that of readability.
> Only the parameters that do change can be the output of the shell
> script rather than the whole command. That way the Fvwm script can
> more easily document which parameters are subject to change and which
> ones are not.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Neil

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Received on Tue May 09 2000 - 17:47:21 BST

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