[18587] in Athena Bugs
sun4 8.4.15: zwgc
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Hawkinson)
Tue Dec 5 19:07:10 2000
Message-Id: <200012060007.TAA04364@mary-kay-commandos.mit.edu>
To: bugs@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 19:07:05 -0500
From: John Hawkinson <jhawk@MIT.EDU>
System name: mary-kay-commandos.mit.edu
Type and version: SPARC/5 8.4.15 (with mkserv)
Display type: cgsix
Shell: /bin/sh (/bin/athena/tcsh?)
Window manager: unknown
What were you trying to do?
Feed the output of a shell command to into a windowgram.
What's wrong:
Tabs are not expanded. They are not displayed at all.
So that "a\tb" appears as "ab".
What should have happened:
I think tabs should probably be expanded.
I presently have this code:
execport "discuss" "sh" "-c"
"MEETINGS=$HOME/.zmeetings discuss "
+$rmsg+" -rq 'print "+$transaction+"' -quit"
+" 2>/dev/null"
And while I could certainly make it:
execport "discuss" "sh" "-c"
"MEETINGS=$HOME/.zmeetings discuss "
+$rmsg+" -rq 'print "+$transaction+"' -quit"
+" 2>/dev/null" "|expand"
But that seems wrong.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
