I originally asked:
> Is there a way in olwm / olvwm to have one menu option do TWO things,
> one after another? The man page doesn't mention it. Upon exit, I want
> this box to run my own script, then the window manager internal "EXIT"
> (I want to have that confirmation "are you sure"). I've tried putting
> the two commands in my .openwin-menu file separated by a comma and by a
> space, but it just ignores the second command. I don't think that it
> matters, but this is Solaris 2.5.1. Thanks much.
(I meant semicolon, not comma, by the way)
Short answer from Sun: It cannot be done. If the command is not an
olwm / olvwm internal, it is passed to /bin/sh to be processed. /bin/sh
cannot deal with a window manager internal command like EXIT. Thanks
to Bruce Zimmer for some ideas to try, though.
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