diff -cr nano/files.c nano.mod/files.c
*** nano/files.c	Wed Mar  6 09:32:17 2002
--- nano.mod/files.c	Sun Mar 10 20:13:03 2002
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*** 280,285 ****
--- 280,312 ----
      return 1;
  }
  
+ int open_pipe(char *command)
+ {
+     int forkpid, fd;
+     char pipefile[15];
+     char *execute;
+ 
+     execute = charalloc(strlen(command) + 24);
+     sprintf(pipefile,"/tmp/nano.%d",getpid());
+     sprintf(execute,"%s 2>&1 > %s",command,pipefile);
+     umask(0);
+     mkfifo(pipefile,0700);
+     forkpid = fork();
+     if (forkpid == -1) {
+ 	statusbar(_("Could not fork"));
+ 	return 1;
+     }
+     else if (forkpid == 0) {
+ 	execl("/bin/sh","/bin/sh","-c",execute,0);
+ 	exit(0);
+     }
+     fd = open(pipefile,O_RDONLY);
+     read_file(fd,"stdin",0);
+     free(execute);
+     unlink(pipefile);
+     return 0;
+ }
+ 
  /* Open the file (and decide if it exists) */
  int open_file(char *filename, int insert, int quiet)
  {
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*** 427,433 ****
  	}
  #endif
  
! 	i = open_file(realname, 1, loading_file);
  
  #ifdef ENABLE_MULTIBUFFER
  	if (loading_file)
--- 454,474 ----
  	}
  #endif
  
! 	if (i == NANO_END_KEY) {
! 	    i = statusq(1, insertfile_list, "", _("Command to execute "));
! 	    if (i == -1) {
! 		statusbar(_("Cancelled"));
! 		UNSET(KEEP_CUTBUFFER);
! 		display_main_list();
! 		return 0;
! 	    }
! 	    if (answer != NULL) {
! 		i = open_pipe(answer);
! 	    }
! 	}
! 	else {
! 	    i = open_file(realname, 1, loading_file);
! 	}
  
  #ifdef ENABLE_MULTIBUFFER
  	if (loading_file)
diff -cr nano/global.c nano.mod/global.c
*** nano/global.c	Sun Mar  3 16:36:36 2002
--- nano.mod/global.c	Sun Mar 10 16:44:58 2002
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*** 268,274 ****
  
  #ifndef NANO_SMALL
      char *nano_tofiles_msg = "", *nano_gotodir_msg = "", *nano_case_msg =
! 	"", *nano_reverse_msg = "";
      char *nano_dos_msg = "", *nano_mac_msg = ""; 
  
  #ifdef HAVE_REGEX_H
--- 268,274 ----
  
  #ifndef NANO_SMALL
      char *nano_tofiles_msg = "", *nano_gotodir_msg = "", *nano_case_msg =
! 	"", *nano_reverse_msg = "", *nano_execute_msg = "";
      char *nano_dos_msg = "", *nano_mac_msg = ""; 
  
  #ifdef HAVE_REGEX_H
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*** 317,322 ****
--- 317,323 ----
      nano_case_msg =
  	_("Make the current search or replace case (in)sensitive");
      nano_tofiles_msg = _("Go to file browser");
+     nano_execute_msg = _("Execute external command");
      nano_gotodir_msg = _("Goto Directory");
      nano_cancel_msg = _("Cancel the current function");
      nano_append_msg = _("Append to the current file");
***************
*** 638,643 ****
--- 639,646 ----
      sc_init_one(&insertfile_list, NANO_TOFILES_KEY, _("To Files"),
  		nano_tofiles_msg, 0, 0, 0, NOVIEW, 0);
  #endif
+     sc_init_one(&insertfile_list, NANO_END_KEY, _("Execute Command"),
+ 		nano_execute_msg, 0, 0, 0, NOVIEW, 0);
  
      sc_init_one(&spell_list, NANO_HELP_KEY,
  		_("Get Help"), nano_help_msg, 0, 0, 0, VIEW, do_help);