commit cca1b550a8cb0fb27dfde0258a91027d33503c9f
parent 95c902fcca6045e536d272be2619267a0dca64e2
Author: Suraj N. Kurapati <sunaku@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 21:46:29 -0700
[project @ 7eb2f1056859add624d909cd3dae049d96598243]
[project @ 96]
Implemented Constantine Evans' idea to use fork/exec instead of system when launching programs.
Diffstat:
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ This is a history of major changes to {my wmii configuration}[http://people.ucsc
= 2006-09-15
-* Added Wmii.get_view and Wmii.get_client methods.
+* Added Wmii.get_view and Wmii.get_client methods, to further minimize hard-coded IXP file system paths. This will make it easier to upgrade to wmii-4 later on.
+
+* Implemented Constantine Evans' idea to use fork/exec instead of system when launching programs.
= 2006-09-14
diff --git a/wmiirc-config.rb b/wmiirc-config.rb
@@ -224,13 +224,13 @@ SHORTCUTS = {
# launch an internal action by choosing from a menu
"#{MENU_SEQ}i" => lambda do
action = show_menu(ACTION_MENU)
- system(action << '&') unless action.empty?
+ fork {exec action} unless action.empty?
end,
# launch an external program by choosing from a menu
"#{MENU_SEQ}e" => lambda do
program = show_menu(PROGRAM_MENU)
- system(program << '&') unless program.empty?
+ fork {exec program} unless program.empty?
end,
# focus any view by choosing from a menu
