Re: FVWM: Function to set dynamic menu title

From: Ryan Daly <daly_at_ctcnet.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 20:43:08 -0500 (EST)

Thomas Adam said:
> PipeRead allows you to use external process to interpolate (usually) for
> Fvwm commands. What you probably want is something like:
>
> + "I" PipeRead "AddToMenu StartMenu 'echo `/bin/hostname -s`' Title

OK, that put me on the right track. The entire function that I'm using is:

AddToFunc "CreateStartMenu"
  + "I" DestroyMenu JizzBoneMenu
  + "I" PipeRead 'echo `/bin/hostname -s` > $HOME/.fvwm/.hostname'
  + "I" PipeRead 'echo "AddToMenu JizzBoneMenu `/bin/cat
$HOME/.fvwm/.hostname` Title"'
  + "I" PipeRead '/bin/cat $HOME/.fvwm/.startmenu'
  + "I" /bin/rm $HOME/.fvwm/.hostname

I just needed to put "PipeRead 'echo ..." in front of the entire line.

Thanks for the help!

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Received on Tue Feb 17 2004 - 19:44:34 GMT