On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 02:22:54AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > --- policy.sgml Sun Mar 25 01:34:33 2001 > +++ policy.sgml.x-terminal-emulator Sun Mar 25 02:17:56 2001 > @@ -5976,13 +5976,31 @@ > > <p> > <em>Packages that provide a terminal emulator</em> for the X > - Window System which support a terminal type with a terminfo > - description provided in the <tt>ncurses-base</tt> package > - should declare in their control data that they provide the > - virtual package <tt>x-terminal-emulator</tt>. They should > - also register themselves as an alternative for > - <tt>/usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator</tt>, with a priority of > - 20. > + Window System which meet the criteria listed below should declare > + in their control data that they provide the virtual package > + <tt>x-terminal-emulator</tt>. They should also register > + themselves as an alternative for > + <tt>/usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator</tt>, with a priority of 20. > + </p> > + > + <p>To be an <tt>x-terminal-emulator</tt>, a program must: > + <list> > + <item>Be able to emulate a DEC VT100 terminal, or a compatible > + terminal.<item> > + <item>Support the command-line option "<tt>-e</tt> > + <emph>command</emph>", which creates a new terminal window > + <footnote> > + "New terminal window" does not necessarily mean a > + new top-level X window directly parented by the > + window manager; it could, if the terminal emulator > + application were so coded, be a new "view" in a > + multiple-document interface (MDI). > + </footnote> > + and runs the specified <emph>command</emph>.</item> > + <item>Support the command-line option "<tt>-T</tt> > + <emph>title</emph>", which creates a new terminal window > + with the window title <emph>title</emph>.</item> > + </list> > </p> > > <p>
This seems completely sensible, but hasn't attracted another second by someone who actually knows stuff about X, so: seconded. Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. GPG signed mail preferred. ``_Any_ increase in interface difficulty, in exchange for a benefit you do not understand, cannot perceive, or don't care about, is too much.'' -- John S. Novak, III (The Humblest Man on the Net)
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