Hi,

I'm trying to create a function for a bash script which generates the menu entires by variables. Those variables are stored in a file called .vlc-phone.conf which looks like

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IP1=192.168.0.1,server
IP2=192.168.0.2,server2

I've added a function which reads the variables into a line which looks like:

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MENU=' 1 server1  2 server2 '

Now this should send to kdialog to display the menu.

I've tried many posibilities but only this brings up a menu

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exec kdialog --menu "header" eval $TEXT


But unforunaly all option in one menu entry.

So, I have 2 questions:

1. How to create " in the script so that I get a text like MENU=' 1 "server1" 2 "server2" ' sot that I may use entries with more spaces.

2. How to parse this line to kdialog, that it displays a menu with the given number of options.

I would be very glad if someone could give me a hint.

Thanks
hans

Testing on Trunk confirms that the --menu switch is currently broken, as the item selected isn't what the command returns. Can you please file a bug report at bugs.kde.org?

Hi bcooksley,

thank you for your answer. I did some further tests. Question Nr. 1 is solved by adding \" to the string function. So it looks lile this.

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TEXT="$TEXT $I\" "$tmp3a" \""

For question #2 I will follow your answer and file a bug report. Just for your understanding I use the following call:

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   RESULT=`kdialog --menu $3 eval $TEXT`


Kind Regards
Hans