--- blackbox-0.62.1/src/Screen.cc	Sat Jan 12 12:13:09 2002
+++ blackbox-0.62.1.with_pipe/src/Screen.cc	Sun Mar  3 20:32:30 2002
@@ -1710,7 +1710,13 @@
   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());
@@ -1758,7 +1764,8 @@
 	  }
 	}
       }
-      fclose(menu_file);
+	  if (pipe_menu) pclose(menu_file);
+      else fclose(menu_file);
     }
   }
 
@@ -1958,12 +1965,18 @@
 	    }
 
 	    if (newfile) {
-	      FILE *submenufile = fopen(newfile, "r");
+		  int pipe_submenu = 0;
+		  FILE *submenufile;
+		  if (*newfile == '|') {
+		    pipe_submenu = 1;
+			submenufile = popen(newfile + 1, "r");
+		  }
+	      else submenufile = fopen(newfile, "r");
 
 	      if (submenufile) {
                 struct stat buf;
-                if (fstat(fileno(submenufile), &buf) ||
-                    (! S_ISREG(buf.st_mode))) {
+                if (!pipe_submenu && (fstat(fileno(submenufile), &buf) ||
+                    (! S_ISREG(buf.st_mode)))) {
                   fprintf(stderr,
 			  i18n->getMessage(ScreenSet, ScreenINCLUDEErrorReg,
 			     "BScreen::parseMenuFile: [include] error: "
@@ -1974,8 +1987,8 @@
 		if (! feof(submenufile)) {
 		  if (! parseMenuFile(submenufile, menu))
 		    blackbox->saveMenuFilename(newfile);
-
-		  fclose(submenufile);
+          if (pipe_submenu) pclose(submenufile);
+		  else fclose(submenufile);
 		}
 	      } else
 		perror(newfile);