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08-18-2002, 12:34 PM
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Registered: Oct 2001
Location: brasil
Distribution: mdrk 8.0,redht7.1,debianpotato
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MidnightCommander on xterm ?
Is there a way to launch mc or jed or any non x stuff (from command line) to open with a specific terminal (xterm,rxvt,Eterm,etc...) or the way around ? so that i can enable these programs on my icewm menu ? thanks
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08-18-2002, 02:04 PM
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Registered: Jan 2002
Location: Rome, Italy ; Novi Sad, Srbija; Brisbane, Australia
Distribution: Ubuntu / ITOS2008
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Yup, Just put:
xterm -exec mc
and xterm starts with mc inside. Simple!
Hope that was what you wanted. Also other interesting things are in man xterm so read!
Hope that was what you were asking for
-NSKL
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08-18-2002, 02:36 PM
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Registered: Oct 2001
Location: brasil
Distribution: mdrk 8.0,redht7.1,debianpotato
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thanks man , i feel kind of stupid here , but that really help ,you know, i'm trying to do this for quite a while , cause i just noticed some progs work better with different terminals . like mc with xterm that is . so basically i can call anything with -exec , great . thanks again
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