Re: FVWM: Use of PipeRead or how do you get date into a button?

From: Mathias Megyei <mathias.megyei_at_mch.sni.de>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 11:59:17 +0100 (MET)

From: Bob Taylor <brtaylor_at_qtpi.lakewood.ca.us>
>
> I would like to have todays day and date displayed in an FvwmButton. I
> have tried:
>
> *FvwmButtons(2x1,Swallow "" PipeRead 'date -d today "+%a %b %-d %Y"')
>
> and various pertubations. I'm currently running fvwm-2.0.43 and I'm out of
> ideas! Pointers to doc's on PipeRead welcome!
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Bob
>
I use xclock with fvwm-2.0.43

*FvwmButtons(5x1, Swallow (UseOld, NoKill, NoClose) "xclock" \
        'Exec xclock -g 206x33+279+0 -fg NavyBlue -bg gray90 -digital -update 1\
        -fn -*-courier-medium-r-normal--17-*-75-75-m-90-iso8859-1 &')


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30-Jan-97 12:02:08
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