On 08 Nov 2002 20:37:19 -0500, Victor Eijkhout wrote:
>
> 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.
This works for me:
AddToFunc Menu1
+ I PipeRead 'echo AddToMenu Menu2 \\\"`date`\\\" Exec xterm'
Regards,
Mikhael.
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Received on Fri Nov 08 2002 - 22:04:16 GMT