--- Ryan Daly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thomas Adam said: > > Try: > > > > + "I" PipeRead 'echo `/bin/hostname -s` > $[HOME]/.fvwm/.hostname' > > > > Works for me. > > Yep. That part works for me, too. The trouble line for me is: > > + "I" AddToMenu StartMenu `/bin/cat $[HOME]/.fvwm/.hostname` Title > > Do I need a PipeRead here, too? I'm not certain that I totally > understand what the PipeRead means to a function...
PipeRead allows you to use external process to interpolate (usually) for Fvwm commands. What you probably want is something like: + "I" PipeRead "AddToMenu StartMenu 'echo `/bin/hostname -s`' Title -- Thomas Adam ===== "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- http://linuxgazette.net "TAG Editor" -- http://linuxgazette.net "<shrug> We'll just save up your sins, Thomas, and punish you for all of them at once when you get better. The experience will probably kill you. :)" -- Benjamin A. Okopnik (Linux Gazette Technical Editor) ___________________________________________________________ BT Yahoo! Broadband - Free modem offer, sign up online today and save �80 http://btyahoo.yahoo.co.uk -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
