On 7/1/11 1:24 PM, Richard Esplin wrote:
> I confirmed it exists on Ubuntu and CentOS, so I figured it would be
> pretty common. However, I can't find anything in 10 seconds of
> Google-ing to support the idea that it is a standard.
There's no harm in using it if it exists. I'd use that, then che
That is essentially what /etc/alternatives is supposed to provide in a standard
way: a symlink to the default application on that system.
I confirmed it exists on Ubuntu and CentOS, so I figured it would be pretty
common. However, I can't find anything in 10 seconds of Google-ing to support
the
Why not have an rc file or environment var with path to the preferred
terminal with a sane default?
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On Fri, Jul 01, 2011 at 10:15:32AM -0600, Richard Esplin wrote:
> I think the best way is to launch:
> /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator
My machine doesn't have this /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator. I
think there's really just not a standard notion of a preferred terminal
program.
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I think the best way is to launch:
/etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator
Richard
On Thursday June 30 2011 22:29:52 Dave Smith wrote:
> I am writing a Linux desktop application (written in Qt) in which I'd
> like to launch the user's preferred terminal. I am at a loss for a way
> to do this tha
Thus said Dave Smith on Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:29:52 MDT:
> I am writing a Linux desktop application (written in Qt) in which I'd
> like to launch the user's preferred terminal.
You're making the assumption that the user has defined his preference
somewhere in a location that is accessible. What
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 10:29 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> I am writing a Linux desktop application (written in Qt) in which I'd
> like to launch the user's preferred terminal. I am at a loss for a way
> to do this that would work across multiple distros: RHEL5, RHEL6, Fedora
> 13+, Ubuntu. I have used
On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:29:52 -0600
Dave Smith wrote:
> I am writing a Linux desktop application (written in Qt) in which I'd
> like to launch the user's preferred terminal. I am at a loss for a
> way to do this that would work across multiple distros: RHEL5, RHEL6,
> Fedora 13+, Ubuntu.
Long sh
I am writing a Linux desktop application (written in Qt) in which I'd
like to launch the user's preferred terminal. I am at a loss for a way
to do this that would work across multiple distros: RHEL5, RHEL6, Fedora
13+, Ubuntu. I have used xdg-open, for example, to launch the user's
file browser
