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================================================================ I have: SetVar VAR VAL in my .fvwmrc but this is not good to export them to other processes (this happen when I call application from Fvwm menu). Page: http://fvwmwiki.xteddy.org/IRC/HashFvwm/ say: This Thomas Adam guy - what does he mean when he says: "it's bad to pollute the environment?" That's cool to see that problem discussed but link from: For more specific instances, please see: http://fvwm.lair.be/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=1505 no longer available... I expect to hear about FvwmCpp and FvwmM4 but: site:fvwmwiki.xteddy.org FvwmCpp FvwmM4 take no results. Also reading of site:.fvwm.org FvwmCpp FvwmM4 site:.fvwmforums.org FvwmCpp FvwmM4 didn't show any appropriate. Only suggestions to use FvwmCpp FvwmM4 for preprocessing. ================================================================ So I decide make this by own. Firstly I try compare syntax power and limitation of FvwmCpp and FvwmM4. I surprised by man pages text: FvwmM4 defines some values for use in the pre-processor file... FvwmCpp defines some values for use in the pre-processor file... I execute in FvwmConsole: ModuleSynchronous FvwmCpp -lock /home/user/tmp/my.fvwmrc where my.fvwmrc is: Echo HOME and get in ~/.xsession-errors: [fvwm][Echo]: /home/user Cpp does not provide a way to escape these macro. With Cpp you cant substitution in quotes (I have one such usage in .fvwmrc): Exec exec prog "... VAR ..." At all cpp limited in syntax power so I decide use M4. With M4 you have more power, but strange syntax for quoting: define(`one',1)dnl define(`two',2)dnl dnl to get prefix12 you must do so: `prefix'one()two and I use back quote in some shell code. To resolve this issue I can use: changequote(`<--', `-->') command to change quoting style... ================================================================ Where I can read about FvwmCpp and FvwmM4 best practice? ================================================================ Can any give me link to profile that using Cpp/M4? Google "inurl:" does not work now (I try add "config" and "fvwmrc")... -- Best regards!
