Package: sensible-utils Version: 0.0.10 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512
There is currently no sensible way to execute an X11 terminal emulator in XEmbed mode. Programs like claws-email, sylpheed, and recently introduced astroid, supports spawning an editor by use of the XEmbed protocol. Several X11 emulators support XEmbed, but unfortunately they use different options to enable that mode. Attached is a shell script that a) resolves which X11 terminal emulator is currently called by x-terminal-emulator, b) resolves the option name used by that particular emulator to enable XEmbed mode, and c) eecutes x-terminal-emulator in XEmbed mode. Please include this script as part of sensible-utils. - Jonas P.S. Specifically for email clients spawning an editor embedded would be yet another script sensible-xembed-editor, which first resolves if an X11 editor is preferred and available - but let's address this more general tool first. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEEn+Ppw2aRpp/1PMaELHwxRsGgASEFAlngu1kACgkQLHwxRsGg ASEQcA//VIrI5AVfviTsVw0oBHeypvl08AjBOOSigUS3HgRNN1gw2iBn8uxEGuIC R3TqdQeZd990VJIu3z4Yh13kcnZVbo1fD3FXMQiPUB853hS5wSH79KGFV0ztpMX6 k8jny4B/RsvjsN5jHGKIQfty/2pfB9gs+lHtAcUCxndVC3fJVBg3GKi4u7BorRme 2QWTnKyPi+IM3+VkGFsTlHgGGQKlvy184GvNmCKALsENLRnLoYTvJSAwBXe6C7ZD 0WBxb3Qht6lbJXWOE2iM7Thh+fPTE6bAXeDCBUOT9mu9Dl9xxixWdgdRHPki0j5B RQ45ZGvVPmU6QvKgOEADy7vCApv6DQuMC01S7u0eJRXNqQHmEmCv80Or1ZifuZZm TawObcTcLf+gpP+aCS66fJyc3rqHGVCcrlfbW0qABcgHo7a/sqyWm7Nsbce32t5X G4Tx6MneqobUWY+4lt5USjYXPr+E6uy0V9xEN4G81iXBKusjpiPS89tNUh6lOc3g wBJbQltTs/fvdtZaWj7ijMDB5ZAZMAApxOnWcay4vZhWJhpOUdy9sxCG45kHKB5+ uHvjaNpzJfJ0Ajd8R9RoKWeMNdmbjBqQW0ouDGXUsbMq1R+uEjIOJX3aEzWq3Ojy JEyzD7rgKBSvtWtGwkGTeVintOv8KbMKvo0CQcC/NhEgvHQfFlw= =zFe3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
#!/bin/sh # Copyright © 2017 Jonas Smedegaard <[email protected]> # Description: execute x-terminal-emulator in XEmbed mode # # This program is free software; # you can redistribute it and/or modify it # under the terms of the GNU General Public License # as published by the Free Software Foundation; # either version 3, or (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; # without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY # or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. # See the GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program. # If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. # # TODO # * Support more X11 terminal emulators set -eu PRG=$(basename "$0") showhelp() { cat <<EOF Usage: $PRG --window ID [-- terminal-emulator-opts-and-args...] Execute x-terminal-emulator in XEmbed mode --window XEmbed window ID -h, --help This help text --debug Enable debugging output Examples: $PRG --id 12345 $PRG --id 12345 -- -e \$EDITOR foo.txt Debugging is also enabled when environment variable DEBUG in non-empty. EOF } exit1() { response="${1:+Error: }${1:-Internal error!}" echo >&2 "$response" exit 1 } # set defaults DEBUG=${DEBUG:-} WINDOW='' # parse cmdline options TEMP=$(getopt -s sh -o h -l help,debug,window: -n "$PRG" -- "$@") \ || exit1 "Internal getopt error." eval set -- "$TEMP" while true ; do case "$1" in -h|--help) showhelp; exit;; --debug) DEBUG=true; shift;; --window) WINDOW="$2"; shift 2;; --) shift; break;; *) exit1 "Internal error resolving options.";; esac done [ -n "$WINDOW" ] || exit1 "XEmbed window ID is missing" # resolve basename of default X11 terminal emulator _emulator_symlink=$(which x-terminal-emulator) _emulator_path=$(realpath "$_emulator_symlink") emulator=$(basename "$_emulator_path") # resolve name of option to enable XEmbed mode of X11 terminal emulator case "$emulator" in rxvt-unicode|urxvt|urxvtcd) embed_option="-embed";; stterm|st) embed_option="-w";; xterm) embed_option="-into";; *) exit1 "Unsupported X11 terminal emulator: $emulator";; esac [ -z "$DEBUG" ] || echo >&2 Debug: x-terminal-emulator "$embed_option" "$WINDOW" "$@" exec x-terminal-emulator "$embed_option" "$WINDOW" "$@"
