Re: feature request

--- Ernes Tito <timiancito-/[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi!
> 
[snip]
> 
> As usual, when one gets to use a program very often, I
> have a feature request. My problem is that there are
> only 10 fields possible in the External Editors. I
> like this feature very much but I've run out of
> fields. There are only 10 fields possible (I'm using
> version 1.5.1, which I belive is the latest) and I
> would like to add some more (I'm aware that there will
> be a problem with the shortcut for these extra
> fields).

Though I can't speak for John, this may be a bit of an unusual scenario,
and might be better handled by an external program to cover the N other
options.

You could use a script like the following:

#!/bin/bash
                                                                         
      
jpt () {
    if jpegtran -rotate 90 -copy all -outfile ${1}_tmp $1; then
        mv ${1}_tmp $1
    else rm ${1}_tmp
    fi
}
                                                                         
      
numels=0
for x in gimp jpt ee #add as many as you like here
do
  numels=$((numels + 1))
  util[$numels]=$x
  button=${x}:$numels
  if [ "x$buttons" = x ]; then
      buttons=$button
  else
      buttons=$buttons,$button
  fi
done
xmessage -buttons "$buttons" "Pick your poison"
retval=$?
${util[$retval]} $1


=====
Cheers,
Bob Schmertz


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