xterm vs gnome terminal

[JD]

On 05/02/11 14:31, JD wrote:
> On 05/02/11 14:09, Cameron Simpson wrote:
>> On 02May2011 13:14, JD<jd1008 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> | $ cat /home/jd/bin/viewer
>> | #!/bin/sh
>> | xterm -fn 12x24 -bg white -fg black -e vi $*&
>> |
>> | How can I replace xterm with gnome-terminal?
>> |
>> | I tried to simply change xterm to gnome-terminal
>> | but gnome-terminal does not recognize the args
>> | and never executes vi on the file selected.
>>
>> I discovered to my horror several years ago that gnome-terminal wants to
>> use "-x" where xterm and most other terminals use "-e".
>>
>> Have a look at "man gnome-terminal" for specifics.
>>
>> But try this:
>>
>>    gnome-terminal -bg white -fg black -x vi ${1+"$@"}&
>>
>> ALso note the change of $* - your origial script will break if you 
>> get files
>> with whitespec in their names.
>>
>> Cheers,
> When I tried it I got this message:
>
> Failed to parse arguments: Unknown option -bg
>
> Also, there is no man page for gnome-terminal on my F14.
>
I tried this variation:
gnome-terminal -x /usr/bin/vi "$*" &

and I do get the terminal, but the terminal has a bright red
banner in it with 3 lines:
There was an error creating the child process for this terminal
Failed to execute child process "/usr/bin/
vi" (No such file or directory)

On the right hand side of the terminal are 2 click buttons (rectangles):
Profile Preferences
Relaunch

I find it strange that gnome terminal would not recognize
the fully qualified pathname of an executable.