On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 01:37:33AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > All, > > I'm 99.9% sure this is stupidity on my part, but I'm getting near to tearing > my hair out over trying to get PipeRead to do anything. If I strip away the > extras, here's what I have in my .fvwm2rc under FVWM 2.4.19.1 (RPM package) > running on RedHat 9.0: > > ---------------------------------------- > AddToMenu MenuFvwmRoot "xterm" Exec exec xterm -aw -cn -j -rw -sb -sl 1000 > -vb -bg black -fg white -fn fixed > + "KDE" Popup Kde-Applications > > PipeRead /bin/echo "AddToMenu Kde-Applications KdeApplications Title" > ------------------------------------------- > > I expect to see "KdeApplications" under "KDE". Instead, I see nothing. On > the other hand, if I remove the "PipeRead /bin/echo" as follows: > > ------------------------------------------- > AddToMenu Kde-Applications KdeApplications Title > -------------------------------------------- > > everything works as expected. I've reduced it to only a five-line .fvwm2rc, > so I don't think it's something from another file interfering. I've gone > through the FAQ and man pages, but probably missed some key point. Would > someone out there please kindly kick me in the proper direction?
You forgot to quote the command. The correct syntax is PipeRead '/bin/echo "AddToMenu Kde-Applications KdeApplications Title"' Ciao Dominik ^_^ ^_^ -- Dominik Vogt, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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