Re: [dwm] arguments don't work with default dmenu command

I label the dmenu entries, then I write a oneliner for each

from my config.h (bound to a keyboard shortcut)
    exec /home/wyrmskull/scripts/dmenu.sh

from ~/scripts/dmenu.sh
    #!/bin/bash
    RESULT=$( cat /home/wyrmskull/scripts/.dmenu | dmenu )
    case "$RESULT" in
        "appwithargs" ) exec app with args and whatever;;
        [...]
    esac

from ~/scripts/.dmenu
    firefox
    [...]

Wyrm

Xavier wrote:
> In config.arg.h and config.default.h , dmenu is run like this :
> exe=`dmenu_path | dmenu` && exec $exe
>
> This doesn't work for commands with arguments, eg "xterm -e top" or "import
> -w root root.png" or whatever.
>
> But running dmenu like this works fine (thanks to rob__ on #dwm for that hint ;) :
> exe=`dmenu_path | dmenu` && eval "exec $exe"
>
> Does it have any downsides? If not, maybe it could be done in both config.h examples.
>
>
>
Received on Thu Sep 13 2007 - 21:52:36 UTC