Re: xterm vs gnome terminal

[JD]

On 05/02/11 14:49, JD wrote:
> On 05/02/11 14:46, JD wrote:
> > On 05/02/11 14:31, JD wrote:
> > > On 05/02/11 14:09, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> > > > On 02May2011 13:14, JD  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.
>
> Also,
> $ gnome-terminal -x
> Failed to parse arguments: Unknown option -x
>
> so -x does not seem to be an acceptable arg for gnome-terminal

$ gnome-terminal --help
Usage:   gnome-terminal [OPTION...]

Help Options:
   -h, --help              Show help options
   --help-all              Show all help options
   --help-terminal         Show terminal options
   --help-window-options   Show per-window options
   --help-terminal-options Show per-terminal options
   --help-gtk              Show GTK+ Options
   --help-sm-client        Show session management options

Application Options:
   --disable-factory       Do not register with the activation 
nameserver, do not re-use an active terminal
   --load-config=FILE      Load a terminal configuration file
   --save-config=FILE      Save the terminal configuration to a file
   --display=DISPLAY       X display to use