Re: FVWM: large PipeReads

2002-04-19 Thread Dominik Vogt
On Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 01:46:21PM -0600, Gregg Dameron wrote: > Dan Espen wrote: > > > Oops, looks like someone top posted: > > > > > > > > > > > > I would vote in favor of an increase. > > > > You might get your increase, but I don't really favor it. > > It just uses up some memory for an extre

Re: FVWM: large PipeReads

2002-04-18 Thread Gregg Dameron
Dan Espen wrote: > Oops, looks like someone top posted: > > > > > > > > I would vote in favor of an increase. > > You might get your increase, but I don't really favor it. > It just uses up some memory for an extreme case that can be avoided > pretty easily. Thanks to all who have responded to t

Re: FVWM: large PipeReads

2002-04-18 Thread Dan Espen
fvwm@fvwm.org writes: > Ahh, you are putting the whole script _IN_ the config file? > > I think what Dominik meant was the return value needs to stay under 1022, may > be I'm wrong, can someone clarify? The limit is on the size of the command, not the result. (The result can produce multiple lin

Re: FVWM: large PipeReads

2002-04-18 Thread Mikhael Goikhman
Dear, k a k @ c i s c o . c o m. Please don't set the From: header to fvwm@fvwm.org, it confuses others. Setting it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] would be ok. On 18 Apr 2002 13:44:46 -0400, fvwm@fvwm.org wrote: > > Ahh, you are putting the whole script _IN_ the config file? > > I think what Dominik meant

Re: FVWM: large PipeReads

2002-04-18 Thread Mikhael Goikhman
On 18 Apr 2002 11:01:20 -0600, Gregg Dameron wrote: > > Dominik Vogt wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 07:29:25PM -0600, Gregg Dameron wrote: > > > Running 2.4.5 on Solaris. > > > > In fvwm, a single command line can not be longer than 1022 > > characters (1024 minus 1 for the string end minu

Re: FVWM: large PipeReads

2002-04-18 Thread fvwm
Ahh, you are putting the whole script _IN_ the config file? I think what Dominik meant was the return value needs to stay under 1022, maybe I'm wrong, can someone clarify? The way I do it it to keep a script dir in my path and call them like this: PipeRead "addExecutableOnMenu BrowserPopup ope

Re: FVWM: large PipeReads

2002-04-18 Thread Gregg Dameron
Dominik Vogt wrote: > On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 07:29:25PM -0600, Gregg Dameron wrote: > > 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 deb

Re: FVWM: large PipeReads

2002-04-18 Thread Dominik Vogt
On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 07:29:25PM -0600, Gregg Dameron wrote: > 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: > > <> abo

FVWM: large PipeReads

2002-04-17 Thread Gregg Dameron
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: <> about to attempt '