On Tue, 5 May 1998, Carlos Barros wrote: > On Wed, 6 May 1998, Anand Kumria wrote: > > > On Sat, 2 May 1998, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > > > > There doesn't seem to be a "reliable" method for determining whether or > > > not you are in an xterm. Any method so far suggested has "natural" > > > configuration situations that break the method. > > > > How about just checking for the existance of the DISPLAY variable? > > > > What about trying to connext to X server, and if an error, do it in > terminal mode.
That doesn't work properly when working from a console if you have access rights to a local X server. The same goes for testing the DISPLAY variable. The only other way I can come up with is checking the WINDOWID variable. Or look at how 'elvis' determines if it's running in X or not. I don't know how elvis checks for X, but it does this quite well. Remco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
