How to open xterm with and a program at once

Christian Dysthe writes: > Hi, > > how do I open xterm with a program? Let's say I want an icon on my desktop > opening mc or mutt. What would the command be to have an xterm with one of > these programs open automatically with xterm? > > TIA Just read the xterm manuel with the 'man xterm

any tools to convert to pdf format?

Aaron Stromas writes: > hi, > > are there any linux tools that convert documents to the pdf format? > and what format should be input to those tools? i know that on win32 the > acrobat > writer converts m$ word and postscript to pdf. i'd prefer not to use any > m$ products. > i could use l