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@@ -19,3 +19,14 @@ A: There is a good chance you have an unbalanced quote, single or double,
You can use something like: sed -e "s/'/\\\'/g" -e 's/"/\\"/g' to
pre-process the input in such a case.
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+Q: Why does smenu -C... no longer work?
+
+A: smenu uses a new system of options based on the notion of contexts. The
+ -C parameter is only valid in the "Columns" context as indicated in the
+ error message.
+
+ The string '[-c|-col|-col_mode|-column>Columns]' which is printed
+ in the error message tells that to switch to "Columns" mode
+ you have to use the -c parameter or its alternatives.
+ So in this case the correct command line is: smenu -c -C...