Re: FVWM: howto conditionally add menu entries?

hw <[email protected]> writes:

> Hi,
>
> how can I conditionally add menu entries?  For example:
>
>
> [...]
> Read fvwm-functions-starters-common.fvwm
> Read fvwm-functions-starters-games.fvwm quiet
> Read fvwm-functions-starters-local.fvwm quiet
> [...]
>
>
> DestroyMenu Main
> AddToMenu Main
> + "Main"                        Title
> + "Common"                      PopUp Common
> + "Games"                       PopUp Games
> + "Local"                       PopUp Local
>
>
> I want the "Common" and "Games" entries in the menu only when the files
> defining them (like fvwm-functions-starters-games.fvwm) can be read.
>
> I thought I could use something like
>
> DestroyMenu Main
> AddToMenu Main
> + Test (f fvwm-functions-starters-games.fvwm) AddToMenu Main "Games" PopUp Games
>
>
> and that doesn't work in that the menu entry doesn't show up regardless
> of the existance of the file.  There doesn't seem to be a way to test
> whether something is defined or not; if there was, I could test if a
> menu has been defined and only then add it to another menu.

Try PipeRead.  Use shell, Perl, Python, your choice.

-- 
Dan Espen