* Jamie Zawinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > xscreensaver-demo attempts to use "gnome-terminal" when viewing the > > documentation for a hack, but gnome-terminal is not installed. > > > > I suspect it should be calling "x-terminal-emulator" instead. > > WTF is "x-terminal-emulator"?
Debian introduced a abstraction layer for certain things (sendmail, xterm, editor, x-window-manager, www-browser and stuff like that). It's called "alternatives": $ locate x-terminal-emulator /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator.1.gz /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator /usr/share/man/man1/x-terminal-emulator.1.gz /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator $ ll /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 37 Jul 4 2004 /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator -> /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator $ ll /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Mar 17 09:20 /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator -> /usr/X11R6/bin/lxterm > Until someone sends me a comprehensible, documented patch to > configure.in and driver/XScreenSaver.ad.in, I won't be changing > this. The current defaults are as sane as I could make them. It's a Debianism that needs to go into the Debian package only... -- Ralf Hildebrandt (i.A. des IT-Zentrum) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charite - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Tel. +49 (0)30-450 570-155 Gemeinsame Einrichtung von FU- und HU-Berlin Fax. +49 (0)30-450 570-962 IT-Zentrum Standort CBF send no mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
