Re: [wmii] 20071003 snapshot config question

Quoting sqweek <sqweek_AT_gmail.com>:

> On 10/8/07, Dewey Hylton <dewey-wmii_AT_hyltown.com> wrote:
> > i'm still trying to port my settings from 3.1; i have only two outstanding
> > issues. any help would be greatly appreciated; so far banging my head has
> only
> > broadened the bruise ...
> >
> > 1) WMII_TERM=x-terminal-emulator
> >
> > i *really want to change this ... what follows is what fails to work for me
> -
> > you should be able to decipher what i'm actually trying to achieve:
> >
> > WMII_TERM="xterm -bg black -fg white -ls -vb -sb -rightbar -s -sl 1000 -fn
> fixed
> > -fb fixed"
> >
> > i've tried different quoting methods (and none at all) to no avail. what
> > braindead thing am i doing wrong?
>
> I'm assuming based on what you have below that you're using rc.wmii,
> in which case your syntax is bogus. In rc, WMII_TERM="xterm -bg black
> ..." defines a list with a single element, $WMII_TERM expands to a
> single argument (rc wordsplits on list elements not whitespace).
> You want:
> WMII_TERM=(xterm -bg black -fg white -etc -etc)
>
> > 2) fn status { echo -n `{uptime | sed 's/.*://; s/,//g'} '|' `{date} }
> >
> > same idea as #1; if you spot the stupidity, please let me know how to
> correct it:
> >
> > fn status {
> > load=`uptime | sed 's/.*://; s/,//g'`
> > export=`df -h /export|awk 'END {print "Export: "$3"/"$1"/"$4}'`
> > root=`df -h /|awk 'END {print "Root: "$3"/"$1"/"$4}'`
> > status="`date` || `acpi` || $root || $export ||$load"
> > echo -n $status
> > }
> >
> > this particular item prevents wmii from starting correctly (well, it starts
> but
> > i have no hotkeys or anything else - no method of starting apps).
>
> Syntax again. Replace `foo` with `{foo}. Also, " doesn't quote in rc
> so you'll need to use something more like status=`{date}' || '`{acpi}'
> || '$root. HTH.
> -sqweek

the first one seems to have worked like a champ, but the second one is still
problematic. obviously, i didn't understand the rc.wmii syntax initially and
apparently still don't.

here's my last attempt (trying to follow the great info from sqweek):
fn status {
    load=`{uptime | sed 's/.*://; s/,//g'}
    export=`{df -h /export|awk 'END {print "Export: "$3"/"$1"/"$4}'}
    root=`{df -h /|awk 'END {print "Root: "$3"/"$1"/"$4}'}
    status=`{date}' || '`{acpi}' || '$root || '$export || '$load
    echo -n $status
}

this doesn't work either. i've gotten around the problem by just writing a shell
script which does this and calling the script from the status function. this of
course works, but i'd like to understand what i'm doing wrong in the rc.wmii config.
Received on Mon Oct 08 2007 - 15:40:06 UTC