On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 10:21:51PM +0200, Panos P. wrote: > On 13-09-2007 21:33, Xavier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In config.arg.h and config.default.h , dmenu is run like this : > > exe=`dmenu_path | dmenu` && exec $exe > > > > This doesn't work for commands with arguments, eg "xterm -e top" or "import > > -w root root.png" or whatever. > > > > But running dmenu like this works fine (thanks to rob__ on #dwm for that > > hint ;) : > > exe=`dmenu_path | dmenu` && eval "exec $exe" > > > > Does it have any downsides? If not, maybe it could be done in both config.h > > examples. > > > actually for me on FreeBSD that didn't work at all (with arguments or not) >
Oh sorry, since that command is already quoted in config.h , it should be : eval \"exec $exe\" But apparently the following works as well : eval exec $exe Not sure if that was your problem, and anyway maybe your version is better.
