On 01.08.11 19:59, cogoman wrote:
> From: Erik Christiansen
> > But if the additional script is used, it can also open mutt in an xterm
> > in the top right corner,
>
> Maybe you can solve a problem that I have been having. I have been
> trying to get an icon on the desktop in Puppy Lucid 5.25 to open up an
> xterminal with the default directory as something different from the
> default.
Together, I'm sure we can make it do what you want. IIUC, that is to
start the xterm in a directory other than $HOME. (i.e. '.' is
/some/other/directory)
The first way which came to mind is to put the following line in
~/.bashrc (or whatever shell personal initialisation file your setup
uses:
alias myterm='pushd ~/Personal/info/ && xterm && popd'
Where /Personal/info/ is the directory I used to test it. The pushd and
popd change directory for the xterm, then restore the old '.' for the
invoking shell. (We don't want the alias to have side-effects there.)
If you're using some shell other than bash, the alias syntax may differ,
but for portability of scripts and examples, bash is well ahead.
N.B. and big caveat!: That works for me, because I also have in .bashrc:
xterm ()
{
colours='-fg yellow -bg darkslategrey -cr red';
/usr/bin/xterm $colours -sb -rightbar -geometry 100x50+300+10 -bc &
}
That's handy, because it lets you customise your default xterm
appearance. (OK, the -bc may not appeal to all.)
OR
If we wanted to make the alias work without the function, we'd need
something like:
alias myterm='pushd ~/Personal/info/ && /usr/bin/xterm & && popd'
but the shell bitches about syntax, whether we use "&&" or ';' between
commands. To solve the syntax issue, and just use the default
/usr/bin/xterm appearance, without the xterm() shell function, we could
change the alias to a shell function:
myterm ()
{
pushd ~/Personal/info/
/usr/bin/xterm &
popd
}
Note: If "/Personal/info/" is changed to "$1", the destination becomes
an input parameter:
$ myterm ~/Personal/info/
$ myterm /some/other/directory
If that doesn't work there, or I've misinterpreted the object, just yell
out.
Erik
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