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#1 2016-06-25 07:14:09

mrzapp
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Registered: 2016-06-25
Posts: 4

Awesome WM: Some commands don't work with awful.util.spawn

Issue
A command works just fine running it from the "run" prompt, but does not work using awful.util.spawn or awful.util.span_with_shell

Example
This works in the "run" prompt, but not using awful.util.spawn:

mate-screenshot --area

This works in the "run" prompt AND works using awful.util.spawn:

mate-screenshot

The difference between these 2 commands is that with the --area flag, mate-screenshot waits for a user action (selecting an area to screenshot) before it opens the GUI.

Question
How can I debug situations like this in Awesome? I've tried capturing STDERR and STDOUT form the commands that don't work, but there are never any errors to print

Last edited by mrzapp (2016-06-25 07:15:56)

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