* Andrej Hocevar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030606 14:10]: > On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 12:05:10PM -0400, David Z Maze wrote: > > So use command-line arguments, or write a separate script for each > > key. They're cheap. :-)
> So I thought I'd map more keys to that function, which always > executes one script -- and the script would know how it was called, > so that it could execute a different function for each key. > > Does anyone know how this could be accomplished? I don't understand why David's idea was no good. If you want different keys to do different things, why not use different scripts for each? The typical ways for a program to react differently based on how it was invoked include command-line arguments (indlucing $0, the program name itself) and the environment. If the way it's run doesn't get something like HOTKEY=F1 in its environment, you're probably only left with command-line-arguments. You could use many links to the same script which checks $0, but I don't see why this is preferable over multiple independent scripts (unless there's a lot of shared code). good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." -- Albert Einstein
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