Re: FVWM: Info on M_String

From: Chris Laas <chrisl_at_cybercom.net>
Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 21:14:05 -0400 (EDT)

On 8 May, Randy J. Ray wrote:
>> > SendToModule FvwmRxvt <str>
>> >
>> > Let's say the user has 3 of these rxvt instances active when he clicks the
>> > button on one of them... all 3 will get the packet.
>>
>> I realize that. I was hopping that the information send with the
>> packet contained the window ID of the window the button was clicked
>> on. If that information was also sent, it would make the
>> SendToModule function much more powerfull for the case of multiple
>> modules being used.
>
> M_STRING is a broadcast packet, and thus is not tied to a specific window.

True, but you might be able to use a hack like this (I haven't tried it
out, but it oughta work). Create a function:

AddToFunction MySendToModule "I" SendToModule $0 $w $1

(or something like that) and call MySendToModule instead. Then have
the pseudo-rxvt parse the window-id out of the string, and ignore the
message if it's not that instance's id.

This is just an idea - I certainly haven't tested it. Is $w even still
implemented in 2.0.45?

--Chris

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