eterm

Package: WA2L/edrc 1.5.57
Section: General Commands (1)
Updated: 28 September 2024
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NAME

eterm - start edrc, asup, psup, shell, eshell etc. in a separate X-terminal window

SYNOPSIS

edrc/(pbin|bin)/eterm [ -h | -l | -t ]

eterm [ app ]

eterm [ -i | -u ] [ app ]

AVAILABILITY

WA2L/edrc

DESCRIPTION

start application edrc, asup, osup, psup, sys, lotsctl, eshell, or shell (basically any application available in the pbin/ directory) in a separate X-terminal window.

The eterm command also supports to create Desktop icons in the Gnome desktop environment.

If eterm is started when not logged into a X-session, the given application is started in the current shell.

This command is (also) located in the pbin/ directory to enable the user to conveniently start it.

See pf_wrapper(1) for a description of the benefits of the use of the edrc/pbin/ directory.

OPTIONS

-h

usage.

-i

install/define an application icon in the Gnome desktop environment for the given app.

-u

uninstall/remove an application icon in the Gnome desktop environment for the given app.

-l

list all defined Desktop icons.

-t

list x-terminal search list.

app

application to start in a separate X-terminal.

The applications available are those available in the edrc/pbin/ directory: edrc, asup, osup, psup, sys, lotsctl, eshell, and shell, whereas edrc is the default.

ENVIRONMENT

$ETERM_TERMINALS

space separated list of x-terminals to search (and start). The setting in $ETERM_TERMINALS is prepended to the default search list.

Default on Linux: gnome-terminal xterm uxterm lxterminal xfce4-terminal tilix mate-terminal konsole sakura urxvt dtterm.

Default on HP-UX and Solaris: dtterm xterm.

$DISPLAY

X display. If this variable is not set, the current terminal is not started in a X-session.

EXIT STATUS

0

no error.

1

no terminal application found.

2

the Desktop directory was not found.

4

usage displayed.

5

command aborted.

FILES

$HOME/.local/share/application/eterm-app.desktop

icon definition file for the Gnome desktop environment.

lib/icons/eterm.png

the application icon.

EXAMPLES

NOTES

BUGS

The yakuake and tilda Linux terminal applications are not supported and ignored if defined due to lack of functionality in context of usage in WA2L/edrc.

The deepin-terminal and lilyterm Linux terminal applications are supported but not searched by default due to some restrictions in context of usage in WA2L/edrc.

AUTHOR

eterm was developed by Christian Walther. Send suggestions and bug reports to wa2l@users.sourceforge.net .

COPYRIGHT

This is free software; see edrc/doc/COPYING for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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Time: 11:17:35 GMT, September 28, 2024