FVWM: Make fvwm-root read from stdin?

From: Mark A. Nicolosi <m.a.nicolosi_at_att.net>
Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 07:33:49 -0500

Hi,

I'm trying to get fvwm-root to use an image piped to it. I thought if I
used /dev/stdin as the filename it would work. It doesn't. I'm using
this command:

$ convert file.jpg png:/dev/stdout | fvwm-root -r /dev/stdin

This is what I get:
[fvwm-root] failed to load image file '/proc/self/fd/0'

/dev/stdin being a symlink isn't the problem. I checked to see if
fvwm-root decides if the file is a png or xpm by extension or content.
It decides by content (ie I copied file.png to file and tried it).

Is this a bug? Is there a way around it? I guess I could use temporary
files, but that ugly...

TIA

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