On Thu, 27 Mar 1997, Randy J. Ray wrote:
> > I use:
> >
> > + "Terminal" Exec exec xterm
> >
> > Which seem to do what you want?
>
> That will work, yes, but it seems like Fvwm should prepend "exec" automatically
> when processing an Exec command. I understand using a shell (environment
> variable expansions, etc.), but you don't expect to be using that top-level
> shell for anything afterwards-- why not always use exec?
you can use structures with several commands, then an exec would not ake
sens ...
eg what should fvwm do to this menu entry ?
+ "netscape (WWW)" Exec FVB_WWW=${FVB_WWW:-${WEBBROWSER:-'netscape -install'}}; exec ${FVB_WWW} &
cheers
tobi
PS this tries several environment variable to find the users favorite
webbrowser and if its not successfull it uses netscape
cheers
tobi
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Received on Fri Mar 28 1997 - 02:03:31 GMT