Ben Winslow <rain_at_bluecherry.net> writes:
Hi Ben,
> On Wed, 2004-02-25 at 14:06, calmar wrote:
>> Anyway, when I want to put about the same into a Menu, it
>> obviously does not work at all then. P.e:
>>
>> DestroyMenu testmenu
>> AddToMenu testmenu
>> + "screenshot" Exec exec sleep 3 && import -window root ~/pics/screenshots/sc-`date +%F-%H-%M-%S`.jpg
> ^^^^^^^^^^
> Your doubled exec causes fvwm to pass 'exec sleep 3' to the shell.
> 'exec' in a shell replaces the shell task with the new one, so the shell
> goes away after running sleep.
I see...
I thought I always have to use Exec exec, and I have this
everywhere too. Obviously fvwm transfers everything after
the (first) Exec to the shell.
It works now nicely, thanks
marco
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Received on Wed Feb 25 2004 - 23:51:10 GMT