* Mikko Heiskanen <mikko_at_whitecortex.net> 14. Feb 05:
> Hi list,
Hello,
> I have a simple shellscript, which output I would like to have made into
> a menu.
>
> #!/bin/sh
> [script]
>
> addtofunc makemenu
> + I Exec fbsd-fvwm $0
> ^^ taken from manpage for make-directory-menu or something similiar.
>
> addtomenu somemenu
> + MissingSubmenuFunction makemenu
> + "editors" Popup editors
>
> And I don't get any output, whilst running it on shell provides right
> output. What am I missing?
You miss PipeRead. You start the script and its output is send to
stdout of fvwm (check the console you ran fvwm from or tail -f your
~/.xsession-errors). If you want fvwm to read your output you should
use PipeRead.
HTH,
regards, Frank.
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Received on Mon Feb 14 2005 - 02:27:13 GMT