On 08 Nov 2002 20:37:19 -0500, Victor Eijkhout wrote:
> 
> AddToFunc Menu1
> + I PipeRead 'echo AddToMenu Menu2 \"` <some shell command> `\" Nop'
> 
> Problem: the shell command gives an output of several words and only 
> the first word winds up in menu 2. I tried the double quote by 
> itself, escaped, doubled, as well as other variants of quoting, but 
> no luck.

This works for me:

  AddToFunc Menu1
  + I PipeRead 'echo AddToMenu Menu2 \\\"`date`\\\" Exec xterm'

Regards,
Mikhael.
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