FVWM: complicated PipeRead AddMenu combo

From: Victor Eijkhout <eijkhout_at_cs.utk.edu>
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 20:37:19 -0500

AddToFunc Menu1
+ I PipeRead 'echo AddToMenu Menu2 \"` <some shell command> `\" Nop'

Problem: the shell command gives an output of several words and only
the first word winds up in menu 2. I tried the double quote by
itself, escaped, doubled, as well as other variants of quoting, but
no luck.

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Received on Fri Nov 08 2002 - 19:38:41 GMT