Re: FVWM: embedding shell scripts

From: Toy Keeper <scriven_at_CS.ColoState.edu>
Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 15:15:20 -0700

Neil Zanella wrote:
> Could someone _please_ write a hack to
> embed shell scripts into a .fvwm2rc
> file. Then shell scripts can be invoked
> from within a .fvwm2rc file as fucntions.
> This would make distribution and maintenance
> of .fvwm2rc files a lot easier. I like my
> .fvwm2rc files to be self contained.

Besides the already-mentioned tricks, there's also the "PipeRead"
command. With this, you can change the configuration dynamically by
having a program output Fvwm commands... I used this to create a
Windows-like "Documents" menu in Fvwm, for example. I don't actually
use/like that particular menu, but it was a nice way to learn. :)


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Received on Mon Dec 07 1998 - 16:15:49 GMT

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