FVWM: RE: fvwmrc_convert

From: Grant McDorman <grant_at_isgtec.com>
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 1996 12:25:20 -0500 (EST)

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On 04-Dec-96 17:16:21 Lionel Cons wrote:
> > Grant McDorman writes:
> >
> > I do have a more recent version; however, the only change is the addition
> > of handling for ClickToFocus. Other than that, it is [functionally] identical
> > to the current version. [...]
> > Other than that, I can't suggest anything. If you're familiar with awk,
> > you can try to extend the script. What features do you think are needed?
>
> Here is what we did. We will have a closer look at the new script from
> 2.0.44 soon...
>
> We modified fvwmrc_convert for easy things that we've found. You'll
> find the diff under my signature.
>
> Because we are not awk experts, we made a Perl front-end that
> understands the things that we've found in our fvwmrc files and that
> are not handled by fvwmrc_convert, namely:
> - ignore the case for popups (we had PopUp, Endpopup...)

Case should be ignored for this anyway, provided you are using GNU awk (gawk).
If you are not, I recommend you get it and use it.

> - handle submenus that are not indented:
> Popup "SystemMenu"
> Title "System Menu"
> Exec "New Window" exec xterm &
> Popup "Standard Tools" StdTools
> [...]
> EndPopup

Should be doable relatively easily, by adding a rule.

> - handle menu names with spaces inside

I forget how those should be converted. Perhaps the new script handles this...

> Of course we would like very much to have a single script that can
> handle all these...
>



Grant McDorman <grant_at_isgtec.com>
ISG Technologies, Inc. http://www.isgtec.com
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada


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