Re: xterm vs gnome terminal

2011-05-02 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 02May2011 19:18, Tom H wrote: | On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 5:31 PM, JD wrote: | > On 05/02/11 14:09, Cameron Simpson wrote: | >> gnome-terminal -bg white -fg black -x vi ${1+"$@"}& | >> | >> ALso note the change of $* - your origial script will break if you get files | >> with whitespec in their

Re: xterm vs gnome terminal

2011-05-02 Thread JD
On 05/02/11 16:18, Tom H wrote: > On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 5:31 PM, JD wrote: >> On 05/02/11 14:09, Cameron Simpson wrote: >>> On 02May2011 13:14, JDwrote: >>> | $ cat /home/jd/bin/viewer >>> | #!/bin/sh >>> | xterm -fn 12x24 -bg white -fg black -e vi $*& >>> | >>> | How can I replace xterm wit

Re: xterm vs gnome terminal

2011-05-02 Thread Tom H
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 5:31 PM, JD wrote: > On 05/02/11 14:09, Cameron Simpson wrote: >> On 02May2011 13:14, JD  wrote: >> | $ cat /home/jd/bin/viewer >> | #!/bin/sh >> | xterm -fn 12x24 -bg white -fg black -e vi $*& >> | >> | How can I replace xterm with gnome-terminal? >> | >> | I tried to simpl

Re: xterm vs gnome terminal

2011-05-02 Thread JD
On 05/02/11 14:59, Norman Gaywood wrote: > gnome-terminal --help-all OK I found out what works: gnome-terminal -e "vi $*" & Thanx!! You had originally said: But try this: gnome-terminal -bg white -fg black -x vi ${1+"$@"}& -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscri

Re: xterm vs gnome terminal

2011-05-02 Thread Norman Gaywood
On 3 May 2011 07:49, JD wrote: > Also, > $ gnome-terminal -x > Failed to parse arguments: Unknown option -x > > so -x does not seem to be an acceptable arg for gnome-terminal No man page, but: gnome-terminal --help gnome-terminal --help-all gnome-terminal -e vi -- Norman Gaywood, Computer

Re: xterm vs gnome terminal

2011-05-02 Thread JD
On 05/02/11 14:49, JD wrote: > On 05/02/11 14:46, JD wrote: >> On 05/02/11 14:31, JD wrote: >>> On 05/02/11 14:09, Cameron Simpson wrote: On 02May2011 13:14, JD wrote: | $ cat /home/jd/bin/viewer | #!/bin/sh | xterm -fn 12x24 -bg white -fg black -e vi $*& | | How can

Re: xterm vs gnome terminal

2011-05-02 Thread JD
On 05/02/11 14:46, JD wrote: > On 05/02/11 14:31, JD wrote: >> On 05/02/11 14:09, Cameron Simpson wrote: >>> On 02May2011 13:14, JD wrote: >>> | $ cat /home/jd/bin/viewer >>> | #!/bin/sh >>> | xterm -fn 12x24 -bg white -fg black -e vi $*& >>> | >>> | How can I replace xterm with gnome-terminal? >>

Re: xterm vs gnome terminal

2011-05-02 Thread JD
On 05/02/11 14:31, JD wrote: > On 05/02/11 14:09, Cameron Simpson wrote: >> On 02May2011 13:14, JD wrote: >> | $ cat /home/jd/bin/viewer >> | #!/bin/sh >> | xterm -fn 12x24 -bg white -fg black -e vi $*& >> | >> | How can I replace xterm with gnome-terminal? >> | >> | I tried to simply change xterm

Re: xterm vs gnome terminal

2011-05-02 Thread JD
On 05/02/11 14:09, Cameron Simpson wrote: > On 02May2011 13:14, JD wrote: > | $ cat /home/jd/bin/viewer > | #!/bin/sh > | xterm -fn 12x24 -bg white -fg black -e vi $*& > | > | How can I replace xterm with gnome-terminal? > | > | I tried to simply change xterm to gnome-terminal > | but gnome-termin

Re: xterm vs gnome terminal

2011-05-02 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 02May2011 13:14, JD wrote: | $ cat /home/jd/bin/viewer | #!/bin/sh | xterm -fn 12x24 -bg white -fg black -e vi $* & | | How can I replace xterm with gnome-terminal? | | I tried to simply change xterm to gnome-terminal | but gnome-terminal does not recognize the args | and never executes vi on