On 05 Aug 2000 12:20:24 -0400, Dan Espen wrote:
>
> "Thomas A. Gardiner" <gardiner_at_pas.rochester.edu> writes:
> > Thanks Dan and Mikhael,
> >
> > I should have upgraded to the latest snapshot a long time ago! I like the
> > changes that have been made, moving everything to ~/.fvwm (by default) and
> > making use of a read ConfigFvwm____ .
> >
> > Tell me, can an environment variable be used like this?
> >
> > read decors/$[DECORS]
> >
> > where DECORS is an environment variable? When is the read actually done?
Read is a blocking command, it is done immediately when encountered.
This command existed since fvwm 2.0 versions.
> > I'm sorry, but I couldn't find anything on this in the man pages.
% man fvwm2
/\$\[ - jumps to 'COMMAND LINE PARAMETER EXPANSION' section
> Read works with environment variables.
> I couldn't find it in the man page either. Could have sworn it
> was there...
Dan, maybe you mean Restart, it works with $DECORS without braces too.
Every fvwm command works with $[DECORS] starting from 2.3.19, i.e. this is
replaced with the contents of the DECORS environment variable if exists,
or left as is if not exists.
Regards,
Mikhael.
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Received on Sat Aug 05 2000 - 22:16:34 BST