On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 05:51:41PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote: >On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 11:46:55AM -0500, George Georgalis wrote: >> Have you done it? I've tried single / double quotes and "\ " to no >> avail... but I am setting a variable ($fn) and using -fn $fn on the >> command line (in a script). maybe that's my problem? > >Word splitting happens after parameter expansion, so spaces in $fn will >be treated as word separators. Use -fn "$fn" instead.
Doh! that little expansion rule gets me all the time... even when I'm thinking of it. Here's the script that now has the font I wanted, thanks. #!/bin/bash # # rxvt.sh, custom rxvt settings. # # Processes two parameters, a foreground color and a command (with args) # to execute. Both are optional but a color must accompany a command. # # $1 = rxvt foreground color or defined default # $2 = command to run and any command paramaters # # Since I'm always using ssh as a command, I prefer '-title "$*"' # but you may prefer '-title "$title"' # # '-name' is for setting Xresources, untested. # # GNU (c) 2003 George Georgalis, [EMAIL PROTECTED] foreground=goldenrod [ -n "$1" ] && foreground=$1 && shift [ -z "$1" ] && title=$(basename $0) && cmd="" [ -n "$1" ] && title=$@ && ex='-e' && cmd="$1" && shift cursor=green fn="-jmk-neep alt-medium-r-normal-*-*-180-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1" fb="-jmk-neep alt-medium-r-normal-*-*-180-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1" export LC_ALL=C exec \ /usr/bin/rxvt \ -title "$*" \ -name "$*" \ -geometry 100x27 \ -bg black \ -fg $foreground \ -fn "$fn" \ -fb "$fb" \ -cr $cursor \ -pr $cursor \ -bd $foreground \ -sl 999 -ls -ut +vb +sb +si -sk $ex $cmd $@ & # a non zero -sl requires 14 extra pixels in the geom x position // George -- GEORGE GEORGALIS, System Admin/Architect cell: 347-451-8229 Security Services, Web, Mail, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Multimedia, DB, DNS and Metrics. http://www.galis.org/george -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
