xterm vs gnome terminal

[JD]

Hi all,
I use cscope often for quick "search and fix" activities :)

cscope lets the user to set up
and env var called VIEWER in order
to pop a separate window in which to view/edit the file
which the selects from the list of files found.

My VIEWER env var has been set for a long time to a shell
script which invokes an xterm as follows:
$ echo $VIEWER
/home/jd/bin/viewer

$ 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.

Thanx for any hints, tips....etc.

[Cameron Simpson]

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,

[JD]

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.

[JD]

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.

[JD]

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

[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

[Norman Gaywood]

On 3 May 2011 07:49, JD  wrote:
> Also,
> $ gnome-terminal -x
> Failed to parse arguments: Unknown option -x
>
> so -x does not seem to be an acceptable arg for gnome-terminal

No man page, but:

gnome-terminal --help
gnome-terminal --help-all

gnome-terminal -e vi

[JD]

On 05/02/11 14:59, Norman Gaywood wrote:
> gnome-terminal --help-all

OK I found out what works:

gnome-terminal -e "vi $*" &

Thanx!!

You had originally said:

But try this:

gnome-terminal -bg white -fg black -x vi ${1+"$@"}&

[Tom H]

On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 5:31 PM, 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.
>
> 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.

[JD]

On 05/02/11 16:18, Tom H wrote:
> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 5:31 PM, 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.
> >
> > 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.

Thanx a lot.
I hope that the Fedora packagers of the gnome-terminal-2.32.0-1.fc14.i686
will not skip over including the man page when building the package.

$ rpm -ql gnome-terminal-2.32.0-1.fc14.i686
/etc/gconf/schemas/gnome-terminal.schemas
/usr/bin/gnome-terminal
/usr/share/applications/gnome-terminal.desktop
/usr/share/doc/gnome-terminal-2.32.0
/usr/share/doc/gnome-terminal-2.32.0/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/gnome-terminal-2.32.0/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/gnome-terminal-2.32.0/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/gnome-terminal-2.32.0/README
/usr/share/gnome-terminal
/usr/share/gnome-terminal/encodings-dialog.ui
/usr/share/gnome-terminal/find-dialog.ui
/usr/share/gnome-terminal/keybinding-editor.ui
/usr/share/gnome-terminal/profile-manager.ui
/usr/share/gnome-terminal/profile-new-dialog.ui
/usr/share/gnome-terminal/profile-preferences.ui
/usr/share/gnome-terminal/skey-challenge.ui
/usr/share/gnome-terminal/terminal.about
/usr/share/gnome-terminal/terminal.xml
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/C
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/C/figures
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/C/figures/gnome-terminal-default.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/C/figures/gnome-terminal-tabbed.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/C/gnome-terminal.xml
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/C/legal.xml
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/bg
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/bg/figures
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/bg/figures/gnome-terminal-default.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/bg/figures/gnome-terminal-tabbed.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/bg/gnome-terminal.xml
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/bg/legal.xml
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/ca
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/ca/figures
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/ca/figures/gnome-terminal-default.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/ca/figures/gnome-terminal-tabbed.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/ca/gnome-terminal.xml
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/cs
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/cs/figures
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/cs/figures/gnome-terminal-default.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/cs/figures/gnome-terminal-tabbed.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/cs/gnome-terminal.xml
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/da
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/da/figures
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/da/figures/gnome-terminal-default.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/da/figures/gnome-terminal-tabbed.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/da/gnome-terminal.xml
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/de
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/de/figures
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/de/figures/gnome-terminal-default.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/de/figures/gnome-terminal-tabbed.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/de/gnome-terminal.xml
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/el
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/el/figures
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/el/figures/gnome-terminal-default.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/el/figures/gnome-terminal-tabbed.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/el/gnome-terminal.xml
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/en_GB
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/en_GB/figures
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/en_GB/figures/gnome-terminal-default.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/en_GB/figures/gnome-terminal-tabbed.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/en_GB/gnome-terminal.xml
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/es
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/es/figures
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/es/figures/gnome-terminal-default.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/es/figures/gnome-terminal-tabbed.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/es/gnome-terminal.xml
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/fr
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/fr/figures
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/fr/figures/gnome-terminal-default.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/fr/figures/gnome-terminal-tabbed.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/fr/gnome-terminal.xml
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/it
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/it/figures
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/it/figures/gnome-terminal-default.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/it/figures/gnome-terminal-tabbed.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/it/gnome-terminal.xml
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/ja
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/ja/figures
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/ja/figures/gnome-terminal-default.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/ja/figures/gnome-terminal-tabbed.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/ja/gnome-terminal.xml
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/ja/legal.xml
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/ko
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/ko/figures
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/ko/figures/gnome-terminal-default.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/ko/figures/gnome-terminal-tabbed.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/ko/gnome-terminal.xml
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/oc
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/oc/figures
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/oc/figures/gnome-terminal-default.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/oc/figures/gnome-terminal-tabbed.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/oc/gnome-terminal.xml
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/pt_BR
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/pt_BR/figures
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/pt_BR/figures/gnome-terminal-default.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/pt_BR/figures/gnome-terminal-tabbed.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/pt_BR/gnome-terminal.xml
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/ro
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/ro/figures
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/ro/figures/gnome-terminal-default.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/ro/figures/gnome-terminal-tabbed.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/ro/gnome-terminal.xml
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/ro/legal.xml
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/ru
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/ru/figures
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/ru/figures/gnome-terminal-default.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/ru/figures/gnome-terminal-tabbed.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/ru/gnome-terminal.xml
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/sv
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/sv/figures
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/sv/figures/gnome-terminal-default.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/sv/figures/gnome-terminal-tabbed.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/sv/gnome-terminal.xml
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/uk
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/uk/figures
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/uk/figures/gnome-terminal-default.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/uk/figures/gnome-terminal-tabbed.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/uk/gnome-terminal.xml
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/zh_CN
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/zh_CN/figures
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/zh_CN/figures/gnome-terminal-default.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/zh_CN/figures/gnome-terminal-tabbed.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/zh_CN/gnome-terminal.xml
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/zh_TW
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/zh_TW/figures
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/zh_TW/figures/gnome-terminal-default.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/zh_TW/figures/gnome-terminal-tabbed.png
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/zh_TW/gnome-terminal.xml
/usr/share/gnome/help/gnome-terminal/zh_TW/legal.xml
/usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/be@latin/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/br/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/dz/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/en@shaw/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/ga/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/hy/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/ku/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/mai/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/mg/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/mn/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/ps/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/si/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/xh/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/gnome-terminal.mo
/usr/share/omf/gnome-terminal
/usr/share/omf/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal-C.omf
/usr/share/omf/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal-bg.omf
/usr/share/omf/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal-ca.omf
/usr/share/omf/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal-cs.omf
/usr/share/omf/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal-da.omf
/usr/share/omf/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal-de.omf
/usr/share/omf/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal-el.omf
/usr/share/omf/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal-en_GB.omf
/usr/share/omf/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal-es.omf
/usr/share/omf/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal-fr.omf
/usr/share/omf/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal-it.omf
/usr/share/omf/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal-ja.omf
/usr/share/omf/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal-ko.omf
/usr/share/omf/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal-oc.omf
/usr/share/omf/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal-pt_BR.omf
/usr/share/omf/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal-ro.omf
/usr/share/omf/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal-ru.omf
/usr/share/omf/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal-sv.omf
/usr/share/omf/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal-uk.omf
/usr/share/omf/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal-zh_CN.omf
/usr/share/omf/gnome-terminal/gnome-terminal-zh_TW.omf

[Cameron Simpson]

On 02May2011 19:18, Tom H  wrote:
| On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 5:31 PM, JD  wrote:
| > On 05/02/11 14:09, Cameron Simpson wrote:
| >> 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.

Try the -x variety without the -fg and -bg options.
The -x will faithfully preserve your filenames even if they have weird
characters in them. Your -e version won't.

Cheers,