lwv@n8emr.UUCP (Larry W. Virden) (07/29/88)
I am working on putting together some uwm menus. I am trying to have an entry set up to bring up a window with bc running in it. What I have so far doesnt work - bc says that it cannot read input and dies. I have: BC: !"xterm =20x20-0-0 -fn 6x10 -e bc -l ~/.bcrc " as my menu entry. ~/.bcrc contains some startup info (like default scale, etc.) What is weird is that I type this at the command line and it works just fine. I have a similar problem with xlock - I try to have a menu selection for it: Lock: !"xlock ; date" and sometimes it works and sometimes it just puts the terminal into a weird state where characters are echoed but no newline seems to be working. Anyone have any tips on this area of menu generation? -- Larry W. Virden 75046,606 (CIS) 674 Falls Place, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068 (614) 864-8817 osu-cis!n8emr!lwv (UUCP) osu-cis!n8emr!lwv@TUT.CIS.OHIO-STATE.EDU (INTERNET) We haven't inherited the world from our parents, but borrowed it from our children.