Re: [RP] new fdump structure may affect scripts

[Shawn Betts]

Joe Corneli <address@hidden> writes:

>     Of course, data takes the form '(elements)', so it depends on
>    whether we're planning on writing scripts that say (make-frame
>    (read)) or (eval (read))
> 
> I don't think anyone is going to write `(eval (read))'.  It is
> standard practice to use the CAR of a list of data as an identifier to
> tell you what sort of data you are looking at, and to set up basic
> type-checking.

Hi Folks,

Yes, the 'frame' at the beginning is just to identify the structure as
a frame. At this point it's just there for human readability. But, if
other structures are exported by ratpoison, they would have a similar
structure.

-Shawn