Re: [dev] [dmenu] dmenu_run improvements

On 07/24/11 at 11:38am, anonymous wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 02:34:22PM +0800, lolilolicon wrote:
> > > unset IFS
> > >
> > > cmd=$(dmenu "$@" < "$CACHE") && eval exec "$cmd"
> > Yeah, I see you just hate backticks :P
> >
>
> There is a difference:
>
> % echo `echo '\\'`
> \
> % echo $(echo '\\')
> \\

You're right. The backquoted form is "broken" even with no nesting.
Now I'm officially a member of the anti-backticks club. Thank you.
Received on Sun Jul 24 2011 - 10:12:33 CEST