On Oct 31, 2012, at 10:43 AM, Daniel Cote <dwc...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I don't execute that command from the command line I do it within a shell > script so it only modifies a variable in the script.
Ok, so exactly what is the command that is present in the Applications menu? Please provide the full line, not just this snippit. > Since there is no way to pass parameters to a program from the Xquartz menu What do you mean by that? You can pass command line arguments. > I write a script using utilities I have like my xprompt.tcl utility to gather > the parameters needed for the program and then I start the program using the > parameters I collected. So why is this not working? Exactly what *is* happening? Please provide specific details. > 186,000 MPS isn't just a good idea, It's the law. > > Daniel W. Cote > > Email: dwc...@yahoo.com > > > > > On Oct 31, 2012, at 01:06 PM, Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia <jerem...@apple.com> > wrote: > >> >> On Oct 31, 2012, at 9:43 AM, Daniel Cote <dwc...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>> It works fine from the command line in an xterm window. It also works on >>> Fedora Linux. Where it doesn't work is from the Xquarz menu. The tcl script >>> simply puts up a window with a prompt and an entry widget where you type in >>> an answer and allows you to repond and then it takes that response and >>> writes it to stdout. The backquotes around the command cause redirection of >>> stdout to the variable YEAR. >> >> Oh I didn't notice the backticks and responded too quickly. >> >> What you are trying to do? >> >> If you do that into a terminal, it will modify the YEAR environment variable >> in the current shell. >> >> It's not quite clear what you expect to happen when you run that from the >> XQuartz menu. How are you using this? I suspect that this should properly >> set $YEAR, but what are you then going to do with it (ie, what's the rest of >> the command line)? >> >> I created a menu entry with "TESTVAR=`echo 1234` xterm" (no quotes), and the >> resulting xterm did have the TESTVAR environment variable set, so I think it >> should be working for you. If you replace it with "YEAR=2012 ..." does it >> work? >> >> It's also not clear what you're trying to do from Finder. >> >> --Jeremy >> >> >>> >>> 186,000 MPS isn't just a good idea, It's the law. >>> >>> Daniel W. Cote >>> >>> Email: dwc...@yahoo.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Oct 31, 2012, at 12:27 PM, Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia >>> <jerem...@apple.com> wrote: >>> k >>>> Can you be a little more specific about what you're trying to do? What >>>> makes you think the problem is the redirection of stdout? You mention >>>> redirection from the XQuartz menu and Finder, but your statement doesn't >>>> have any redirection, and I'm not sure what you're doing with Finder. >>>> >>>> Is the problem actually that isatty() is false? >>>> >>>> This sounds more like a bug in xprompt.tcl. >>>> >>>> --Jeremy >>>> >>>> On Oct 30, 2012, at 11:10 PM, Daniel Cote <dwc...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm running Mac OS X Mountain Lion Version 10.8.2 on a mac mini intel >>>>> based. >>>>> When I run my tcl script from an xterm command line it works fine but >>>>> when I run it from the finder or the Xquartz menu it does't work. The >>>>> problem seems to be redirection of stdout. The following statement is >>>>> where it fails: >>>>> >>>>> YEAR=`/usr/local/bin/xprompt.tcl -P "Enter Year(YYYY)? " -D "$THISYEAR"` >>>>> >>>>> The statement works fine from the command line of an xterm but doesn't >>>>> work from the Xquartz menu or the finder. Redirection of stdout doesn't >>>>> seem to work from the Xquartz menu or the finder. This same script works >>>>> fine under linux. Any ideas? >>>>> >>>>> 186,000 MPS isn't just a good idea, It's the law. >>>>> >>>>> Daniel W. Cote >>>>> >>>>> Email: dwc...@yahoo.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Xquartz-dev mailing list >>>>> Xquartz-dev@lists.macosforge.org >>>>> http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/xquartz-dev >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Xquartz-dev mailing list >>>> Xquartz-dev@lists.macosforge.org >>>> http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/xquartz-dev >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Xquartz-dev mailing list >>> Xquartz-dev@lists.macosforge.org >>> http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/xquartz-dev >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Xquartz-dev mailing list >> Xquartz-dev@lists.macosforge.org >> http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/xquartz-dev > > > _______________________________________________ > Xquartz-dev mailing list > Xquartz-dev@lists.macosforge.org > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/xquartz-dev _______________________________________________ Xquartz-dev mailing list Xquartz-dev@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/xquartz-dev
