Hide XTERM console

vbx_wx · 03-29-2011, 03:55 PM

Hello, I have this simple code written in python:

Code:

import os

os.system("xterm -e 'ls /usr/lib'")

Is there anyway I can hide the xterm window that is opening ?

wpeckham · 03-29-2011, 05:16 PM

From Python you should not require xterm to execute a shell command.
Have you considered NOT calling xterm?

vbx_wx · 03-30-2011, 03:18 AM

If I call xterm, i call it because I need it.

MadCatMk2 · 03-30-2011, 04:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vbx_wx

If I call xterm, i call it because I need it.

Please tell us what you're trying to do.

theNbomr · 03-30-2011, 10:55 AM

Have it displayed on an X virtual framebuffer (Xvfb).
Maybe set the geometry of the window to 1 X 1 pixel; it isn't hidden, bit its too small for many people to notice.
--- rod.

vbx_wx · 03-31-2011, 03:58 AM

@MadCatMk2: I am trying to print for example the contents of a directory but the output should be in a new console. Something similar to start cmd 'dir c:\\' .

dwhitney67 · 03-31-2011, 04:18 AM

vbx_wx:

I think MadCatMk2 was attempting to ask specifically why do you need to perform the operation if no one is to see it? What is the point of using a terminal (xterm) if no one is to see it? Is the point to run "ls" or is it to run "xterm"? Are the results of "ls" important to your application?

Anyhow, often times, if not always, when someone poses the question "what are you trying to accomplish?", it is important to specify why something is required to be done, not how it is going to be done.

At any rate, have you tried specifying the xterm option "-iconic"??

wpeckham · 03-31-2011, 10:01 AM

Do you see why it seems pointless to us that you jump through hoops to display something, that you then need to be hidden?

If the results are not to be seen, why display anything at all?