--- blackbox-0.65.0/src/Screen.cc.orig	Fri Nov  1 18:00:26 2002
+++ blackbox-0.65.0/src/Screen.cc	Fri Nov  1 18:14:37 2002
@@ -1159,7 +1159,13 @@
   bool defaultMenu = True;
 
   if (blackbox->getMenuFilename()) {
-    FILE *menu_file = fopen(blackbox->getMenuFilename(), "r");
+    int pipe_menu = 0;
+    FILE *menu_file;
+    if (*(blackbox->getMenuFilename()) == '|') {
+      pipe_menu = 1;
+      menu_file = popen((blackbox->getMenuFilename()) + 1, "r");
+    }
+    else menu_file = fopen(blackbox->getMenuFilename(), "r");
 
     if (!menu_file) {
       perror(blackbox->getMenuFilename());
@@ -1207,7 +1213,8 @@
           }
         }
       }
-      fclose(menu_file);
+      if (pipe_menu) pclose(menu_file);
+      else fclose(menu_file);
     }
   }