FVWM: PipeRead

From: Scott Smedley <scottie7_at_tpg.com.au>
Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2003 13:18:07 +1000

Hi all,

I know this is not valid FVWM syntax but it shows what I'm trying to do:

*FvwmButtons: Fore `cat HOME/.fvwmColors | cut -f3`
*FvwmButtons: Back `cat HOME/.fvwmColors | cut -f2`

DeePBLue>> cat ~/.fvwmColors
violetred4 yellow darkcyan antiquewhite

What's the best way to get this behaviour? I tried using a PipeRead:

PipeRead 'if [ -r $HOME/.fvwmColors ] ; then \
                        fg=`cat $HOME/.fvwmColors | cut -f3 -d" "` \
                        bg=`cat $HOME/.fvwmColors | cut -f4 -d" "` \
                else \
                        fg=AntiqueWhite \
                        bg=RoyalBlue \
                fi; \
                echo "*FvwmButtons: Fore $fg"; \
                echo "*FvwmButtons: Back $bg"'

But if I put this PipeRead command in a file (say 'testPR') & do a:

Read testPR

from FvwmForm-Talk I get this error message:

sh: -c: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file

Any help/pointers greatly appreciated.

SCoTTie! :)

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Received on Fri Apr 04 2003 - 20:33:05 BST