On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 10:18:07AM +0200, Henrik Holst wrote: > On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 12:00:02PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:17:03 +0200 > > From: "Anselm R. Garbe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [dwm] [patch] spawn without shell > > To: dynamic window manager <dwm@suckless.org> > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > On Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 02:57:30PM +0200, Peter Hartlich wrote: > > > I've attached a patch against hg tip that makes spawn() use a > > > NULL-terminated char pointer array for the argument, which is > > > execvp'd directly instead of going through the shell. > > > > I consider integrating your patch as well before 5.0 to get rid > > of major upgrades to config.h after 5.0. I will have a look > > tonight into this. > > > > This will change user environment for launched programs. > > However, it is probably more consistent with gmrun, gnome run and avoids > any portability issues dwm has had before with different shells.
Well there is a new SHCMD macro in config.def.h to aim the old behavior with the new spawn, if one uses a different shell to /bin/sh, just change that macro to meet your shell if you use it at all. Kind regards, -- Anselm R. Garbe >< http://www.suckless.org/ >< GPG key: 0D73F361
