General Reference: Actions and Filetypes

Changing the local database search path

The default search path for action and filetype definitions includes these directories, listed in the search order:

   HomeDirectory/.vue/types/language

   HomeDirectory/.vue/types

   /usr/local/lib/X11/vue/types@local_apps

   /usr/lib/X11/vue/types@system_apps

   /etc/vue/config/types/language	/etc/vue/config/types	/usr/vue/types/language

   /usr/vue/types

The linked directories (local_apps and system_apps) on the search path are needed to find HP VUE 2.01 definitions.

To add a directory to the search path, set a value for the VUEACTIONSEARCHPATH environment variable in /etc/vue/config/Xsession (system-wide) or /HomeDirectory/.vueprofile (personal). The order of directories in the variable's value corresponds to the search order. Make sure you include all the default search path directories in the value.

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String variables in definitions

The variable definition remains in effect from the location of the definition to the end of the file. (There are no global string variables for the database.)

Variable names can contain any alphanumeric characters and underscore (_). Each variable definition must be on a separate line.

Example. 

   set Remote_Application_Server=hpapp

   set Remote_File_Server=hpdata

   .

   .

   .

   EXEC-HOST $Remote_Applicaton_Server

   CWD       $Remote_File_Server:/doc/project

Environment variables in definitions

The variable is expanded (replaced by its value) when the database is loaded. If a string variable and environment variable have the same name, the string variable has precedence.

Example.  This execution string prints a file with a banner containing the login name.

   EXEC-STRING lp -t$LOGNAME %(File)Arg_1%

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