FVWM: 2.4 -> 2.5 upgrade question

From: Jim Kleck <jimk_at_8x8.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 17:36:31 -0800

I have upgraded from 2.4.17 to 2.5.12. In 2.4.17
I was able to use env variables directly in .fvwmrc,
for example:

*FvwmButtons: (Frame 2, Title $[HOST], Icon xterm.xpm, Action Exec
"$[HOST]" exec /usr/bin/X11/xterm -geometry 80x60 -sb -sl 500 -j -ls -fn
6x13 -T $HOST -n $HOST &)
read ConfigFvwmButtons.$[HOST]

which gave me a button with the host's name and read in
more buttons depending on the host's name. This allowed me
to run fvwm on several hosts using a network file system, and
the buttons could be customized for each host. Now on 2.5.12,
"$[HOST]" is not substitued. Has this functionality changed,
and is it available via some other means? Or must I go back
to 2.4.17 (or rather 2.4.19)?

Note that I also went from RedHat9 to Debian at the same time.

JimK

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Received on Wed Jan 12 2005 - 19:35:39 GMT

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