On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 01:52:05PM +0000, Mikhael Goikhman wrote: > On 07 Jun 2004 15:21:05 +0200, Dominik Vogt wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 08:40:08PM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > $n is the window's name, but it's not documented in fvwm manpage. > > > > > > BTW, are there any other implicit variables? > > > > The one letter variables are obsolete now and should be replaced > > by their verbose couterparts, e.g. $n -> $[w.name]. I don't know > > why the corresponding parts in the man page were removed. They > > should be kept for reference purposes. > > Originally the usage of these obsolete variable names produced a warning > (that is better IMHO than documenting the obsoleteness in the man page),
> but for some reason you commented these warnings out. :) Because there are far too many warnings in some setups. > I don't think these variables should be silently accepted. Okay, but a single warning after the config files have been processed should be enough. > A user have no real reason to use the old names, the new ones > are supported in 2.4.x. I agree. But the fact that one has to replace $n with $[w.name] etc. should be stated in the man page explicitly. Ciao Dominik ^_^ ^_^ -- Dominik Vogt, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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