xterm vs gnome terminal

[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<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.
>
Also,
$ gnome-terminal -x
Failed to parse arguments: Unknown option -x

so -x does not seem to be an acceptable arg for gnome-terminal