>>>>> "Kevin" == Kevin Moye <kjm@cobia.epfl.ch> writes:
Kevin> It seems like having the ability to define arguments for
Kevin> user-functions would greatly increase the flexiblity of
Kevin> ctwm. Let me give an example:
[example deleted]
Kevin> Function "Workspace_application( workspace application )"
Kevin> {
Kevin> f.gotoworkspace workspace
Kevin> f.exec application
Kevin> }
What you can do instead is use M4. You can write the function above
as a simple M4 macro that looks something like
define(`Workspace_application',`
Function "WS_$1_$2"
{
f.gotoworkspace "$1"
f.exec $2
}
')
Now you can say
Workspace_application(One,app1)
Workspace_application(Two,app1)
Workspace_application(Three,app1)
Then, bind WS_One_app1, WS_Two_app1, and WS_Three_app1 to the
appropriate events.
With a little effort you can develop some M4 macros to deal with most
of the repitition. I suspect that by using diversions you can even
use a macro for binding the function that automatically generates the
definition and ensures that it appears in the right spot in .ctwmrc
This should be a lot easier than adding this to CTWM.
Hope this helps,
Ed
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