Re: [wmii] snap: 20060313 -- tag bugs?

On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 10:44:29AM +0100, Stefan Tibus wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 08:45:14AM +0100, Anselm R. Garbe wrote:
> > Though \n chars might be treated by the wmiirc event loop.
> >
> > I'd use following syntax instead (also the extern prefix looks
> > wrong, because writing to the fs does not need any env
> > cleanups):
> >
> > $MODKEY-Control-Shift-t)
> > echo -n `wmiir read /tags | sort | wmiimenu` | wmiir write /ws/sel/sel/tags &;;
> >
> > $MODKEY-Control-t)
> > echo -n select `wmiir read /tags | sort | wmiimenu` | wmiir write /ctl &;;
> >
> > (Though untested)
>
> Hello Anselm,
>
> this works as well as using xwrite (which does just the same). It also
> resolves the problem of empty tags in /tags and clicking on the labels
> works now as well. However I wonder why I need the echo -n but can't
> just do
> wmiir read /tags | sort | wmiimenu | wmiir write /ws/sel/sel/tags ;;
> to assign new tags. This had been my first approach.

Because wmiimenu prints "selection\n" to stdout that it can be
used in conjunction with read.

> Do you recommend the use of "&"? When using xwrite you don't have it...

Yes, you should use &, because otherwise wmiirc don't proceeds
until you exit wmiimenu, which might be quite some time.

Regards,

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