Re: FVWM: quotes as apostrophes

From: Mikhael Goikhman <migo_at_homemail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 04:21:58 +0300

On 11 Oct 2003 20:03:13 +0000, Eduardo Alvarez wrote:
>
> I was trying to write a script that allowed me to select different mp3's
> off a menu, but I'm having trouble with some of the songs, which contain a
> single quote as an apostrophe as part of their name. Is there a way to
> tell FVWM to not try and find said quote's partner? Any help would be
> appreciated.

Add:

  | sed "s/'/\\\\'/g"

to the end of your PipeRead. You may need to experiment with the number
of backslashes. Another solution is to put your filenames in double
quotes or backticks if you know the filenames don't have these chars.

Regards,
Mikhael.
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