Dave,
I have this item in my menu. It works:
[exec] (Edit Menu) {xterm -e vim .blackbox/menu}
--I use vim rather than vi, but that shouldn't make a difference. And
you can add options for color etc. And of course use the term of your
choice--
Gino
On Wed, 2001-12-05 at 06:42, Dave Price wrote:
> good morning!
>
> i am having a hard time figuring out how to pass parameters (args) to
> programs frfom a blackbox menu entry.
>
> things like:
> [exec] (aterm) {aterm --background #4682b4 -fn
> -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--20-200-75-75-c-100-iso8859-1 -title
> $HOSTNAME -geometry 80x25}
>
> or:
>
> [exec] (edit menu) {vi ~/.blackbox/menu}
>
> do not seem to work ... the programs run, but as if they received no
> arguments ... these commands both work great as bash aliases though.
>
> any hints?
>
> aloha,
> dave
>
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