Run in Terminal problem

[Bob Snyder]

Brett I. Holcomb wrote:

> Nope, full name does the same as the plain command - a window flashes 
> open, then goes away.  Either I am misunderstanding this or run in 
> terminal is broken.  This is xfce 4.0.1
>
> Strange.


I'll take a shot at this one.

I think the problem is that when you use the "open in terminal" option 
it just runs a shell in a terminal based on your setting for TERMCMD. If 
TERMCMD isn't set, it defaults to xterm. The problem is that with this 
situation the terminal never sees the command.

For most terminals adding the argument -e tells it to accept the 
arguments as well as the command. but you probably still have the "run 
in terminal" checked. Either uncheck that, and use the command that 
starts its own terminal as Ken suggested, or modify your TERMCMD 
environment variable to include the -e option, and use your original 
command.

   export TERMCMD="xterm -e"

I added this to my .xinitrc.xfce4-session file and restarted xfce4.

Bob S.

>
> Ken Moffat wrote:
>
>> Ken Moffat wrote:
>>
>>> Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
>>>
>>>> The command is
>>>>
>>>> vpnclient connect myprofilename
>>>>
>>>> Ken Moffat wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 22:06:19 -0500
>>>>> "Brett I. Holcomb" <brettholcomb at charter.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I have an app that works when I run it from an xterm.  However, 
>>>>>> if I make a launcher and tell it to run in terminal, a terminal 
>>>>>> window flashes up briefly, then disappears and the app doesn't 
>>>>>> run.  Am I missing something or is this broken.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The app is a Cisco vpnclient.  I normally run it with vpnclient 
>>>>>> connect myprofilename, then enter the username and password and 
>>>>>> the app then connects and sits there until I kill it.  While it's 
>>>>>> running I can then connect to the vpn.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> what command are you using in the launcher?
>>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Maybe try
>>> xterm -e vpnclient connect myprofilename
>>>
>>>
>>
>> or use the whole path for the command?
>>
>>
>>
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