On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 01:52:05PM +0000, Mikhael Goikhman wrote:
> On 07 Jun 2004 15:21:05 +0200, Dominik Vogt wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 08:40:08PM +0800, liushidai_at_mails.tsinghua.edu.cn wrote:
> > >
> > > $n is the window's name, but it's not documented in fvwm manpage.
> > >
> > > BTW, are there any other implicit variables?
> >
> > The one letter variables are obsolete now and should be replaced
> > by their verbose couterparts, e.g. $n -> $[w.name]. I don't know
> > why the corresponding parts in the man page were removed. They
> > should be kept for reference purposes.
>
> Originally the usage of these obsolete variable names produced a warning
> (that is better IMHO than documenting the obsoleteness in the man page),
> but for some reason you commented these warnings out. :)
Because there are far too many warnings in some setups.
> I don't think these variables should be silently accepted.
Okay, but a single warning after the config files have been
processed should be enough.
> A user have no real reason to use the old names, the new ones
> are supported in 2.4.x.
I agree. But the fact that one has to replace $n with $[w.name]
etc. should be stated in the man page explicitly.
Ciao
Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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Dominik Vogt, dominik.vogt_at_gmx.de
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