On Mon, Mar 24 at 10:33, Dominik Vogt wrote: > On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 06:30:32PM -0800, Elliot Sowadsky wrote: >> >> 2.5.6 on solaris 5.8 >> >> piperead example in faq gives shell syntax error >> >> AddToFunc CenterWindow >> + I ThisWindow Piperead "echo Move \ >> $(( $[vp.width]/2-$[w.width]/2 ))p \ >> $(( $[vp.height]/2-$[w.height]/2 ))p" >> >> sh complains about missing ( >> >> Actually i'm trying to calculate which horizontal pager window i'm in >> when i click on it. > > Look like the solaris /bin/sh does not know the "$(( ... ))" syntax.
Checked in 5.9 and it really doesn't. > What is the most portable syntax for arithmetic expansion? Probably using (external) expr, but AFAIR the $(( )) arithmetic expansion should be supported in all POSIX compliant shells. Regards, -- Marcin Pawlik -- 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]
