On 2008-10-12, Steve McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've brought this up in the past on debian-devel, but didn't follow > through at the time. We have lots of X-based terminal programs (xterm, > rxvt, gnome-terminal, konsole, ...) which Provide: > x-terminal-emulator. That's great and useful, but the command line > interfaces to some of those have shifted over time and there is little > remaining consistency. For programs like Seyon that want to use one of > these terminal programs, there is no simple way to specify options > such as the name to use for its window, and that has been the cause of > several bugs over the years (#315945, #398508, #502001). > > I want to fix this, but do it right. I can see some options here: > > 1. Force all seyon users to install xterm by using a direct > dependency on *just* xterm and call it instead of > x-terminal-emulator > > 2. Work out a standard set of command line options that must be > supported by each package that Provides: x-terminal-emulator > > 3. Write a wrapper script to deal with each possible terminal program > and map from a standard set of options to the specific options for > that program. > > Ideally, I'd like us to do a combination of #2 and #3: work out the > standard set of options, and have each package provide a wrapper > script as necessary to support those options. > > Thoughts?
I dont think supporting title and stuff should be required for providing x-terminal-emulator. I think we could require to handle -e properly, but not much more than that. /sune -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
