Running 2.4.5 on Solaris. It seems that as a PipeRead script increases in size, fvwm2 struggles to read and execute it. The maximum seems to be 1024 bytes, measured by the string output in debug mode that begins:
<<DEBUG>> about to attempt '<script here>'. Larger than that, and things get strange. Reading in the file containing the PipeRead may give an error such as: <<DEBUG>> Module switch -1, about to exec: '<truncated PipeRead script>' <<DEBUG>> Module switch -1, about to exec: '<characters after truncation point>' <<ERROR>> No such command '<characters after truncation point>' Or, at runtime, Bourne may report an unexpected end-of-file, or other syntax error, where none exists. I haven't studied the source code in detail, but in read.c, I see: char line[1024]; More than a coincidence? I suppose one workaround is to Exec a separate script and FvwmCommand the output, but I'm anxious to optimize performance. Any help is appreciated. I guess my preference would be dynamic memory allocation supporting arbitrarily large PipeReads. BTW, I noticed that the "about to exec" debug messages chop off the last character of the line read in. In read.c: if (debugging) fvwm_msg(DBG,"ReadSubFunc","Module switch %d, about to exec: '%.*s'", Module,strlen(tline)-1,tline); Perhaps the "-1" shouldn't be there? Gregg Dameron -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]