>>>>> "Jose" == Jose M Pereira <pereira_at_cocaina.inesc.pt> writes:
Jose> 1) FvwmButtons: Exec "" (don't "depress" the button) doesn't work.
Jose> Example:
Jose> *FvwmButtons Xv none Exec "" exec xv &
Jose> Produces a button, but when clicked on doesn't do anything but
Jose> the message
Jose> /bin/sh: : cannot execute
Jose> Cause: the command line sent to sh starts w/ ""...
Jose> Patch (I think...)
....
I just tried that out and it seems to be the right thing. Look for it
in pl38.
Jose> 2) A window w/ a "*" (or a "%") in its name is shown by the
Jose> internal window list as having a null name. The FvwmWinList
Jose> module works correctly, but its slowness and lack of usability
Jose> puts it off...
Jose> Suggestion: (fvwm/menus.c, AddMenu f.) if a pixmap can't be
Jose> found for a window name including an escape character, maintain
Jose> the initial string in the menu entry. Sorry, don't have a patch,
Jose> since AddMenu() & friends are truly obfuscated code...
Ok, I know what the problem is here. I can think of two ways to fix
it, so now I just have to decide what the "right" way is. It'll be in
pl38.
Jose> Keep on the good work, Chuck.
I'm tryin'.
Thanks,
Chuck
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Charles K. Hines
IBM Logic Synthesis developer [BooleDozer (TM)]
and Martial Arts Instructor [Modern Arnis, Presas Style Filipino Martial Arts]
Internet e-mail: chuck_hines_at_vnet.ibm.com
IBM Internal e-mail: hines_at_loki.pok.ibm.com (preferred from workstation)
HINESC at FISHKILL (preferred from mainframe)
HINESC at FSHVMFK1 (discouraged, but I'll get it)
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"dis ting could have possabiwities if I put my twisted widdle mind to it!"
- Bugs Bunny
"I have a paper plate in my head because they were all out of the metal ones"
- Rick Overton
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Received on Tue Oct 17 1995 - 09:26:21 BST