Here's a patch to achieve xterm-compatible behaviour (except for (c) which doesn't seem important).
Ben.
diff -u gnome-terminal-2.22.3/debian/gnome-terminal.wrapper
gnome-terminal-2.22.3/debian/gnome-terminal.wrapper
--- gnome-terminal-2.22.3/debian/gnome-terminal.wrapper
+++ gnome-terminal-2.22.3/debian/gnome-terminal.wrapper
@@ -2,6 +2,27 @@
my $login=0;
+sub is_cmd_name
+{
+ my $arg = shift;
+ if ($arg =~ /\//) {
+ return -x $arg;
+ } else {
+ for my $dir (split(/:/, $ENV{PATH})) {
+ return 1 if -x "$dir/$arg";
+ }
+ return 0;
+ }
+}
+
+sub user_shell
+{
+ return $ENV{SHELL} if exists($ENV{SHELL});
+ my @pw = getpwuid($<);
+ return $pw[8] if defined($pw[8]);
+ return '/bin/sh';
+}
+
while ($opt = shift(@ARGV))
{
if ($opt eq '-display')
@@ -57,7 +78,11 @@
}
elsif ($opt eq '-e')
{
- push(@args, '-e', @ARGV);
+ push(@args, '-x');
+ if ($#ARGV == 0 && !is_cmd_name($ARGV[0])) {
+ push(@args, user_shell(), '-c');
+ }
+ push(@args, @ARGV);
last;
}
elsif ($opt eq '-h' || $opt eq '--help')
--- END ---
--
Ben Hutchings
Nothing is ever a complete failure; it can always serve as a bad example.
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