On Fri, Nov 17, 2006 at 01:21:00PM +0100, Stefan Tibus wrote: > On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:50:37 +0100 Anselm R. Garbe wrote: > > > I don't understand the following: > > > > > * ixpc uses IXP_ADDRESS as the default address it reads from > > > => re-introduce WMII_ADDRESS, wmiir > > > > Why re-introducing WMII_ADDRESS and wmiir? hg tip simply uses > > ixpc and IXP_ADDRESS. > > Well, I think the point is, that ixpc is for general use > and not for wmii only. The same applies for IXP_ADDRESS. > But wmii sets (and exports) IXP_ADDRESS to point to the > wmii filesystem, so no other program can use it anymore... > Either one should explicitly pass the wmii-address to ixpc > on any call or have a modified ixpc (=wmiir) which uses > WMII_ADDRESS instead of IXP_ADDRESS. > At least, the way it is now appears inconsistent to me: > ixpc is for wmii only, but has a general name. > > Actually, a simple wrapper (called wmiir) that takes the > address from WMII_ADDRESS and passes it on to ixpc would > do the job.
Yes, a simple shell wrapper would be fine. -- Anselm R. Garbe >< http://suckless.org/~arg/ >< GPG key: 0D73F361
