Re: FVWM: Detecting FVWM version

From: Dan Espen <dane_at_mk.telcordia.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 09:22:15 -0400

Scott Smedley <scottie7_at_tpg.com.au> writes:
> Hi all,
>
> The "Test" command allows me to take an action if I'm
> running a specific version of FVWM. ie:
>
> Test (Version 2.5.12) Echo yup
>
> What'd I'd like is to take an action if the FVWM version is
> GREATER THAN a specific version.
>
> ie. This is illegal syntax, but shows what I'd like to do.
>
> Test (Version >= 2.5.12) Echo yup
>
> Anyone know how I could do something like that?

Use $[version.num] in a piperead.
You will need to parse the result into individual numbers in order
to do arithmetic compares.

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Received on Thu Jul 01 2004 - 08:25:32 BST

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