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<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
>
>
$ 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