On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 5:31 PM, JD jd1008@gmail.com wrote:
On 05/02/11 14:09, Cameron Simpson wrote:
On 02May2011 13:14, JDjd1008@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.
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.
You can set up a profile with white bg and black fg and then call it with "--window-with-profile=PROFILENAME]" or "--tab-with-profile=PROFILENAME".
For the command, from the man page:
-e, --command=STRING Execute the argument to this option inside the terminal.
-x, --execute Execute the remainder of the command line inside the terminal.