modifying menu.xml problem

[Michael Mosier]

Quoting Didier Wiroth <didier.wiroth at mcesr.etat.lu>:

> hi,
> (I'm running freebsd 5.1 with xfce4 rc3 from the ports collection)
> 
> sorry this is a repost! I have modified the cmd="xfterm4" to this:
> <app name="Terminal" cmd="xfterm4 -fa andale -fs 10"/>
> This works perfectly but I would like some colors, so I tried this:
> 
> <app name="Terminal" cmd="xfterm4 -fa andale -fs 10 -bg #FBFAAC"/>
> or this
> <app name="Terminal" cmd="xfterm4 -fa andale -fs 10 -bg \"#FBFAAC\" "/>
> No chance, I could not get it to work, with the -bg #FBFAAC color
> modification.
> 
> The command actually works when I type it inside an xfterm4 (xterm). But how
> do I have to modify the menu.xml so that it accepts my color? Is it a bug, I
> think it has a problem with the # character, is that possible?
> 

<app name="Terminal" cmd="xfterm4 -fa andale -fs 10 -bg "#FBFAAC""/>

Is the one you want I think.  Double quote in xml is escaped as " .


--  Mike