Re: How to open xterm with and a program at once

1999-03-31 Thread David Wright
Quoting Christian Dysthe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > how do I open xterm with a program? Let's say I want an icon on my desktop > opening mc or mutt. What would the command be to have an xterm with one of > these programs open automatically with xterm? Another way from those already mentioned is of cou

RE: How to open xterm with and a program at once

1999-03-31 Thread Alexandre DEVAURE
Hello To start a program with an xterm, you need to use the -e option: xterm -e . I am sorry my PC at office run m$ os but it's changing : our system administrator want to use Linux boxes first to read mail and then as file server. Alexandre Devaure -- De :Christian Dysthe[SMTP:[EMA

Re: How to open xterm with and a program at once

1999-03-31 Thread Ian Keith Setford
Try $xterm -e mutt & That should do it. Also try man xterm for a plethora of other options you can give to the xterm program. Might also want to take a look a RXVT. BTW, the command above is just a beginning, if you need a login shell, different colors, or title you should get thse parameters

Re: How to open xterm with and a program at once

1999-03-31 Thread Dpk
On Thu, 1 Apr 1999, Christian Dysthe wrote: Hi, how do I open xterm with a program? Let's say I want an icon on my desktop opening mc or mutt. What would the command be to have an xterm with one of these programs open automatically with xterm? This will execute mutt, setting the T

Re: How to open xterm with and a program at once

1999-03-31 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
> > Hi, > > how do I open xterm with a program? Let's say I want an icon on my desktop > opening mc or mutt. What would the command be to have an xterm with one of > these programs open automatically with xterm? xterm -e This, by the way, is in the man page of xterm. If you'd type `man xterm'