On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 11:34:32PM +0000, Mikhael Goikhman wrote: > On 23 May 2001 12:03:30 +0200, Dominik Vogt wrote: > > > > On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 11:14:25PM +0000, Mikhael Goikhman wrote: > > > > > > Here is a small patch adding partial expansion to module config lines; > > > function parameters and new inventions like $[page.nx] are expanded. > > > > > > I tested it during the day and verified that it does not conflict with > > > any of our 27 modules accourding to their man pages. > > > > > > With this patch FAQ 7.13 works. I plan to apply it tomorrow. > > > I don't want to do any other changes to command parsing before 2.4.0. > > > > Currently my FvwmButtons setup relies on the fact that these > > variables are not expanded for module config lines, e.g. > > > > *FvwmButtons(Swallow xload `Exec xload -fg $[fg.cs6] -bg $[bg.cs6]`) > > > > What will happen with such lines? > > I see... You (and me in fvwm-themes) should have to escape $ here as $$ > or not to escape it, depending on which value we want (at definition time > or at run time). Like in every other command. I hope you can accept this? > Your example is not different from what we have now with these commands: > > Exec echo 'Exec xload -fg $[fg.cs6] -bg $[bg.cs6]' >auto.fvwmrc > PipeRead `echo 'Echo $[bg.cs0]' | sed s/0/1/` > > Both can have $ escaped as $$ or not, depending on what is actually meant. > It is not complex, it is just our needs are complex, once we want $[fg.cs6] > to be expanded immediately (FvwmButtons: Back) and once not (your example). > > I really want to solve this so that everyone is happy. It seems we agree > that $0 should be expanded, "$." is good to be expanded too, for example > for specifying full path for local images/sounds in FvwmButtons/FvwmEvent. > I am applying this patch, so we may see this in action. Disabling expansion > of $[fg.cs6] variables in module commands, if you still want it, is easy.
Hm. The problem is not that *my* config might break but that other users will complain. I have no idea how far sppread this kind of config is. Bye Dominik ^_^ ^_^ -- Dominik Vogt, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL:http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm-workers" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
