Dominik Vogt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 01:33:54PM +0000, Tim Phipps wrote: > > Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: > > uname: SunOS silver 5.5.1 Generic_103640-39 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10 > > compiler flags: gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wno-implicit-int > > > > FVWM Version: 2.5.1 > > FVWM_MODULEDIR: /u/phippst/sunos/libexec/fvwm/2.5.1 > > FVWM_DATADIR: /u/phippst/sunos/share/fvwm > > FVWM_USERDIR: /u/phippst/.fvwm > > > > Description: > > I just got locked out of X for several hours because I changed > > an Exec to a Piperead in StartFunction: > > > > < + I Exec display -window root ~/.backing.png > > > + I PipeRead display -window root ~.backing.png > > > > I did this to get the root background set before starting > > any fvwm modules. Since I forgot the quotes Piperead just ran > > "display" which tried to open a window. It was blocked waiting > > for fvwm to reparent the window and fvwm was blocked waiting > > for display to quit: deadlock with no timeout: very annoying > > > > Is it possible to change PipeRead to work like Exec? > > That's because someone thought it would be a good idea to add the > "quiet" option after the command string. I agree that this is > most unfortunate. Should we break compatibility here?
Probably copied over from Read, where its not such a big problem. I don't think we'd really have to break compatibility, just check if the last token is "quiet", if not, use the whole line. No, I'm not volunteering. At least not today. -- Dan Espen E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 444 Hoes Lane Room RRC 1C-214 Phone: (732) 699-5570 Piscataway, NJ 08854 -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL:http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm-workers" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
