Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> gv changed its command line options in version 3.6.1 so that it no longer
> recognizes `gv -swap`. Instead we need `gv --swap`. (An extra '-').
>
> The function GV_SWAP below outputs '-swap' or '--swap' to stdout,
> depending. I use this to initialize the PS_VIEWER variable.
>
> It works perfectly here, but I'm unsure whether to commit the change. Is
> it just too cute?
Wouldn't just
if (gv -help 2>&1 | grep -e --swap)
then echo "--swap"
else echo "-swap"
fi
work?
BTW, gv needs the XServer even for "gv -h" and "gv -v" :-(
Ciao
/Andreas
