Re: FVWM: Small enhancement to Read: Read "| command" (fwd)

From: Charles Hines <>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 10:32:33 -0400

>>>>> "Jacques" == Jacques Gelinas <jack_at_solucorp.qc.ca> writes:

Jacques> Hello!

Howdy.

Jacques> I have posted a very small enhancement to fvwm2 few days ago
Jacques> without any comment at all.

I recall. I didn't comment because I've been pretty busy lately, and
I've been trying to avoid the list a little. I apologize (to you and
everyone else), but real work must take priority...

Jacques> This little enhancement open the door to many things such as
Jacques> dynamic reconfiguration of menus for one. As the subject
Jacques> goes, a simple patch (included) allows the "Read" command to
Jacques> read from pipe doing a popen(). You will find the patch and a
Jacques> description of the usage.

Jacques> Hope to hear from you even if you don't like the idea. Maybe
Jacques> this can be accomplished differently.

Actually, it's not a bad idea, but I might change it slightly, like
changing the character from "|" to "<".

And I'll probably include the 'reread' script as well.

Thanks,
Chuck

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