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How to setup a menuitem for input into editor? solved
Posted: Thu 21 Feb 2013, 20:14
by oldyeller
Hello Everyone,
I have been trying for last 2hrs too take the menuitem so that it inputs a file into the editor for reading.
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<menu label="_Timelines" use-underline="true">
<menuitem stock-id="gtk-open" label="1">
<action>cat > '$WORKDIR'/001 > '$WORKDIR'/reading</action>
<action>refresh:EDITOR</action>
</menuitem>
</menu>
If I need to show all the code let me know and I will post that as well.
Thanks for any help
Cheers
Posted: Thu 21 Feb 2013, 23:54
by SFR
Hey Oldyeller
The first
> is unnecessary, should be
cat '$WORKDIR'/1 > ...
Just in case - a stand alone example.
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#! /bin/bash
WORKDIR=/tmp
echo "blablabla" > $WORKDIR/reading
echo "completely different blablabla" > $WORKDIR/1
export MAIN='
<window>
<vbox>
<menubar>
<menu label="_Timelines" use-underline="true">
<menuitem stock-id="gtk-open" label="1">
<action>cat '$WORKDIR'/1 > '$WORKDIR'/reading</action>
<action>refresh:EDITOR</action>
</menuitem>
</menu>
</menubar>
<edit>
<variable>EDITOR</variable>
<input file>'$WORKDIR'/reading</input>
</edit>
</vbox>
</window>
'
gtkdialog -p MAIN
Greetings!
Posted: Fri 22 Feb 2013, 01:20
by oldyeller
Hi SFR,
Will give it a try with the rest of my code.
Will this allow me to use a input file with the information that I want displayed or will I need to type it in for the echo as you did for the example.
Cheers
Posted: Fri 22 Feb 2013, 08:23
by SFR
Yes, I just used 'echo' to make sure that input files for <edit> do exist and are not empty.
It will work with any textual files.
Greetings!