Scott Smedley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi all, > > I know this is not valid FVWM syntax but it shows what I'm trying to do: > > *FvwmButtons: Fore `cat HOME/.fvwmColors | cut -f3` > *FvwmButtons: Back `cat HOME/.fvwmColors | cut -f2` > > DeePBLue>> cat ~/.fvwmColors > violetred4 yellow darkcyan antiquewhite > > What's the best way to get this behaviour? I tried using a PipeRead: > > PipeRead 'if [ -r $HOME/.fvwmColors ] ; then \ > fg=`cat $HOME/.fvwmColors | cut -f3 -d" "` \ > bg=`cat $HOME/.fvwmColors | cut -f4 -d" "` \ > else \ > fg=AntiqueWhite \ > bg=RoyalBlue \ > fi; \ > echo "*FvwmButtons: Fore $fg"; \ > echo "*FvwmButtons: Back $bg"' > > But if I put this PipeRead command in a file (say 'testPR') & do a: > > Read testPR > > from FvwmForm-Talk I get this error message: > > sh: -c: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file > > Any help/pointers greatly appreciated.
Work from something simpler up to what you need. As one line, I got the else clause to work like this: PipeRead 'if [ -r $HOME/.fvwmColors ] ; then fg=`cat $HOME/.fvwmColors | cut -f3 -d" "`; bg=`cat $HOME/.fvwmColors | cut -f4 -d" "`; else fg=AntiqueWhite bg=RoyalBlue; fi; echo "echo *FvwmButtons: Fore $fg"; echo "echo *FvwmButtons: Back $bg"' Watch the semicolons. I didn't test too carefully, to leave you some fun. -- Dan Espen E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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]
