fvwm_at_fvwm.org writes:
> Ahh, you are putting the whole script _IN_ the config file?
>
> I think what Dominik meant was the return value needs to stay under 1022, may
> be I'm wrong, can someone clarify?
The limit is on the size of the command, not the result.
(The result can produce multiple lines, each one is a command.
So in the result, no line can exceed the limit.)
> The way I do it it to keep a script dir in my path and call them like this:
>
> PipeRead "addExecutableOnMenu BrowserPopup opera galeon konqueror mozilla net
> scape cnetscape"
Thats one way...
> So if I have a script over 1024 it will fail even if it's sitting in an exter
> nal file?
No.
Oops, looks like someone top posted:
>
> <snip>
> > I would vote in favor of an increase.
You might get your increase, but I don't really favor it.
It just uses up some memory for an extreme case that can be avoided
pretty easily.
Heres FvwmForm-Form dealing with the same limit:
# Caution, this command is getting too long, if you add something,
# you might have some truncation occur:
*FvwmForm-Form: Command !(/bin/echo \
"# This file last created by FvwmForm-Form on: `/bin/date`."; /bin/echo \
'*FvwmFormDefault: Font $(Font)' ; /bin/echo \
'*FvwmFormDefault: InputFont $(InputFont)' ; /bin/echo \
'*FvwmFormDefault: ButtonFont $(ButtonFont)'; /bin/echo \
'*FvwmFormDefault: TimeoutFont $(TimeoutFont)'; /bin/echo \
'*FvwmFormDefault: Fore $(Fore)' ; /bin/echo \
'*FvwmFormDefault: Back $(Back)' ; /bin/echo \
'*FvwmFormDefault: Colorset $(Colorset)' ; /bin/echo \
'*FvwmFormDefault: ItemFore $(ItemFore)' ; /bin/echo \
'*FvwmFormDefault: ItemBack $(ItemBack)' ; /bin/echo \
'*FvwmFormDefault: ItemColorset $(ItemColorset)' ; /bin/echo \
'*FvwmFormDefault: ButtonPointer $(ButtonPointer)' ; /bin/echo \
'*FvwmFormDefault: ButtonInPointer $(ButtonInPointer)' ; /bin/echo \
'*FvwmFormDefault: InputPointer $(InputPointer)' ; /bin/echo \
'*FvwmFormDefault: ActivateOnPress $(ActivateOnPress)'\
) > ${FVWM_USERDIR}/.FvwmForm
# This would have surely hit a limit so its appended with >>:
*FvwmForm-Form: Command !(\
/bin/echo '*FvwmFormDefault: ButtonPointerFore $(ButtonPointerFore)';\
/bin/echo '*FvwmFormDefault: ButtonPointerBack $(ButtonPointerBack)';\
/bin/echo '*FvwmFormDefault: ButtonInPointerFore $(ButtonInPointerFore)';\
/bin/echo '*FvwmFormDefault: ButtonInPointerBack $(ButtonInPointerBack)';\
/bin/echo '*FvwmFormDefault: InputPointerFore $(InputPointerFore)';\
/bin/echo '*FvwmFormDefault: InputPointerBack $(InputPointerBack)';\
) >> ${FVWM_USERDIR}/.FvwmForm
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Received on Thu Apr 18 2002 - 13:19:24 BST