2015-05-31 21:46:17 (UTC-03:00)

Marcel Rodrigues <marcelgmr@gmail.com>

Set $RVSEL before running a subprocess.

diff --git a/rover.1 b/rover.1
index 2d8241f..023f4b4 100644
--- a/rover.1
+++ b/rover.1
@@ -166,6 +166,12 @@ Name of pager program (e.g. \fIless\fP).
 .TP
 .B EDITOR
 Name of editor program (e.g. \fIvim\fP or \fIemacs\fP).
+.TP
+.B RVSEL
+Rover writes the name of the selected entry to this variable before running a
+subprocess. This allows one to use the selection as part of an arbitrary command
+by first invoking a shell from Rover (see the \fBCOMMANDS\fR section) and then
+typing something like \fBgrep abc "$RVSEL"\fR.
 .SH CONFIGURATION
 .PP
 If you want to change Rover key bindings or colors, you can edit the

diff --git a/rover.c b/rover.c
index f390076..4a5371e 100644
--- a/rover.c
+++ b/rover.c
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ spawn()
     pid_t pid;
     int status;
 
+    setenv("RVSEL", rover.nfiles ? ENAME(ESEL) : "", 1);
     pid = fork();
     if (pid > 0) {
         /* fork() succeeded. */