Re: x-terminal-emulator

2000-10-31 Thread Enrique Robledo Arnuncio
On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 11:31:21AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 10:12:30AM +0100, Enrique Robledo Arnuncio wrote: > > If we used a wrapper script instead of a link as > > > > /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator > > But this is a gross kludge. Not much grosser than providing

Re: x-terminal-emulator

2000-10-31 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 10:12:30AM +0100, Enrique Robledo Arnuncio wrote: > If we used a wrapper script instead of a link as > > /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator But this is a gross kludge. -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux| // // // / / [EMA

Re: x-terminal-emulator

2000-10-31 Thread Josip Rodin
On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 08:26:28PM -0600, sam th wrote: > > 4) Maybe, *maybe* we should require -ls (login shell) support, but even that > > is pushing it, I think. > > To follow up on my earlier research: > xterm, rxvt, kterm, [g,k,c]rxvt, gnome-terminal, Eterm > all support 1, 2, 3, 4 > > but w

Re: x-terminal-emulator

2000-10-31 Thread Enrique Robledo Arnuncio
On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 11:31:21AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 10:12:30AM +0100, Enrique Robledo Arnuncio wrote: > > If we used a wrapper script instead of a link as > > > > /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator > > But this is a gross kludge. Not much grosser than providing

Re: x-terminal-emulator

2000-10-31 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 10:12:30AM +0100, Enrique Robledo Arnuncio wrote: > If we used a wrapper script instead of a link as > > /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator But this is a gross kludge. -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux| // // // / / [EM

Re: x-terminal-emulator

2000-10-31 Thread Josip Rodin
On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 08:26:28PM -0600, sam th wrote: > > 4) Maybe, *maybe* we should require -ls (login shell) support, but even that > > is pushing it, I think. > > To follow up on my earlier research: > xterm, rxvt, kterm, [g,k,c]rxvt, gnome-terminal, Eterm > all support 1, 2, 3, 4 > > but

Re: x-terminal-emulator

2000-10-31 Thread Enrique Robledo Arnuncio
On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 07:17:21PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 10:16:01PM +0100, Falk Hueffner wrote: > > I'd like to add a menu entry for a command that needs a terminal > > emulator. Can I rely on x-terminal-emulator understanding -e? How > > about -T? Is this codifie

Re: x-terminal-emulator

2000-10-31 Thread Enrique Robledo Arnuncio
On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 07:17:21PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 10:16:01PM +0100, Falk Hueffner wrote: > > I'd like to add a menu entry for a command that needs a terminal > > emulator. Can I rely on x-terminal-emulator understanding -e? How > > about -T? Is this codifi

Re: x-terminal-emulator

2000-10-30 Thread sam th
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Chris Gray wrote: > On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 07:58:17PM -0600, sam th wrote: > > gnome-terminal supports -e and --title or -t, but not -T. > > This changed in the most recent woody gnome-terminal to -T but not -t. > Well, I'm

Re: x-terminal-emulator

2000-10-30 Thread David Starner
On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 08:26:28PM -0600, sam th wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Branden Robinson wrote: > > > I think requiring a *small* compatibility subset is the way to go. There's > > not all that many things a terminal emulator needs to be

Re: x-terminal-emulator

2000-10-30 Thread sam th
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Chris Gray wrote: > On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 07:58:17PM -0600, sam th wrote: > > gnome-terminal supports -e and --title or -t, but not -T. > > This changed in the most recent woody gnome-terminal to -T but not -t. > Well, I'm

Re: x-terminal-emulator

2000-10-30 Thread Chris Gray
On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 07:58:17PM -0600, sam th wrote: > gnome-terminal supports -e and --title or -t, but not -T. This changed in the most recent woody gnome-terminal to -T but not -t. Cheers, Chris

Re: x-terminal-emulator

2000-10-30 Thread sam th
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Branden Robinson wrote: > I think requiring a *small* compatibility subset is the way to go. There's > not all that many things a terminal emulator needs to be able to > configurably from the command line to satisfy the requireme

Re: x-terminal-emulator

2000-10-30 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 07:58:17PM -0600, sam th wrote: > eterm supports both -e and -T. > > xterm ditto > > kterm ditto > > cxterm.common ditto > > the members of rxvt-ml > krxvt > grxvt > crxvt > crxvt-big5 > crxvt-gb > all support both -e and -T > > xvt support

Re: x-terminal-emulator

2000-10-30 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 05:08:32PM -0800, Bradley Bell wrote: > isn't xterm the 'de facto' standard? it would seem to me that any options > xterm understands ought to be supported by x-terminal-emulator. If > a certain terminal emulater is not xterm compatible, it would be trivial to > provide an

Re: x-terminal-emulator

2000-10-30 Thread sam th
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Marc Martinez wrote: > On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 07:17:21PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > Can someone help me establish whether the existing X terminal emulators in > > Debian do in fact support all those options? If so, then

Re: x-terminal-emulator

2000-10-30 Thread David Starner
On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 05:08:32PM -0800, Bradley Bell wrote: > isn't xterm the 'de facto' standard? it would seem to me that any options > xterm understands ought to be supported by x-terminal-emulator. If > a certain terminal emulater is not xterm compatible, it would be trivial to > provide an

Re: x-terminal-emulator

2000-10-30 Thread Bradley Bell
isn't xterm the 'de facto' standard? it would seem to me that any options xterm understands ought to be supported by x-terminal-emulator. If a certain terminal emulater is not xterm compatible, it would be trivial to provide an 'xterm compatibility wrapper', and have x-terminal-emulator point to

Re: x-terminal-emulator

2000-10-30 Thread David Starner
On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 08:26:28PM -0600, sam th wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Branden Robinson wrote: > > > I think requiring a *small* compatibility subset is the way to go. There's > > not all that many things a terminal emulator needs to b

Re: x-terminal-emulator

2000-10-30 Thread Marc Martinez
On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 07:17:21PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > Can someone help me establish whether the existing X terminal emulators in > Debian do in fact support all those options? If so, then it should be > straightforward to make this requirement part of policy. > > To try to answer yo

Re: x-terminal-emulator

2000-10-30 Thread Chris Gray
On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 07:58:17PM -0600, sam th wrote: > gnome-terminal supports -e and --title or -t, but not -T. This changed in the most recent woody gnome-terminal to -T but not -t. Cheers, Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? C

Re: x-terminal-emulator

2000-10-30 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 10:16:01PM +0100, Falk Hueffner wrote: > I'd like to add a menu entry for a command that needs a terminal > emulator. Can I rely on x-terminal-emulator understanding -e? How > about -T? Is this codified somewhere? Your question is wonderfully on-charter for the debian-x lis

Re: x-terminal-emulator

2000-10-30 Thread sam th
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Branden Robinson wrote: > I think requiring a *small* compatibility subset is the way to go. There's > not all that many things a terminal emulator needs to be able to > configurably from the command line to satisfy the requirem

Re: x-terminal-emulator

2000-10-30 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 07:58:17PM -0600, sam th wrote: > eterm supports both -e and -T. > > xterm ditto > > kterm ditto > > cxterm.common ditto > > the members of rxvt-ml > krxvt > grxvt > crxvt > crxvt-big5 > crxvt-gb > all support both -e and -T > > xvt suppor

Re: x-terminal-emulator

2000-10-30 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 05:08:32PM -0800, Bradley Bell wrote: > isn't xterm the 'de facto' standard? it would seem to me that any options > xterm understands ought to be supported by x-terminal-emulator. If > a certain terminal emulater is not xterm compatible, it would be trivial to > provide a

Re: x-terminal-emulator

2000-10-30 Thread sam th
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Marc Martinez wrote: > On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 07:17:21PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > Can someone help me establish whether the existing X terminal emulators in > > Debian do in fact support all those options? If so, then

Re: x-terminal-emulator

2000-10-30 Thread David Starner
On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 05:08:32PM -0800, Bradley Bell wrote: > isn't xterm the 'de facto' standard? it would seem to me that any options > xterm understands ought to be supported by x-terminal-emulator. If > a certain terminal emulater is not xterm compatible, it would be trivial to > provide a

Re: x-terminal-emulator

2000-10-30 Thread Bradley Bell
isn't xterm the 'de facto' standard? it would seem to me that any options xterm understands ought to be supported by x-terminal-emulator. If a certain terminal emulater is not xterm compatible, it would be trivial to provide an 'xterm compatibility wrapper', and have x-terminal-emulator point to

Re: x-terminal-emulator

2000-10-30 Thread Marc Martinez
On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 07:17:21PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > Can someone help me establish whether the existing X terminal emulators in > Debian do in fact support all those options? If so, then it should be > straightforward to make this requirement part of policy. > > To try to answer y

Re: x-terminal-emulator

2000-10-30 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 10:16:01PM +0100, Falk Hueffner wrote: > I'd like to add a menu entry for a command that needs a terminal > emulator. Can I rely on x-terminal-emulator understanding -e? How > about -T? Is this codified somewhere? Your question is wonderfully on-charter for the debian-x li