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 ^_^  ^_^

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