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[NMLUG] programming challenge



Sam Noble wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-11-24 at 15:17 -0700, Don Wilde wrote:
> 
>>I need to find a way to kick off an xterm running BASH and then
>>execute 
>>a program within that xterm, but NOT close the new xterm after the 
>>program finishes.
> 
> 
> I'm sure there's a slicker way, but if you have gnome-terminal
> installed, you can accomplish both these things from the 
> 'Title and Command' tab of the profile editor. If you set up a seperate
> profile for this (like if you use gnome-terminal for other uses) you can
> specify the profile on the command line.
> 
See my previous response to Wes; this is a cross-platform tool that has 
to run both on X under all kinds of WM and also on TTY/console systems.

Thanks for the suggestion, though!
-- 
Don Wilde  ---------> Silver Lynx <----------
  Raising the Trajectory of Human Development
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          http://www.Silver-Lynx.com




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