pausmith_at_nortelnetworks.com (Paul D. Smith) writes:
> %% Neil Zanella <nzanella_at_cs.mun.ca> writes:
> nz> PipeRead "echo Exec xterm -bg `bg.sh` -fg `fg.sh`"
>
> PipeRead isn't any more or less powerful; it's invoking a shell. Shells
> are _very_ powerful :). Any shell operations are valid in a PipeRead
> command. The `` is being expanded by the shell that FVWM runs, not by
> the PipeRead builtin. You probably grok that, I'm just making it clear
> in case someone else is confused...
Hey! You don't mean me do you? (It was just meant to illustrate
the point.)
Actually I'm just posting now to check that a mail problem I was
having is cured. (Thanks Jason.)
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Received on Tue May 09 2000 - 20:32:37 BST