DragonFly users List (threaded) for 2005-08
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Re: Starting a program from a command line versus clicking an icon.
Hi,
my first shot (not really tested, but my goldfinger say's :-D)
the backquotes around rlc......
because, if you use an xterm to open the command, you have
an interactive shell.
in Gnome/KDE you have anything other then a shell
to workaraund you can try little shell-script.
----8<-----
#!/bin/sh
xterm -ls +sb -bg `rlc` $@
---->8----
my 20ct
regards
michael
2005/8/22, walt <wa1ter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> I've written a little C program named rlc which generates
> random color strings like 'rgb:a5/b3/f1' which I can use
> like this to start xterm:
>
> xterm -bg `rlc` (gives a random-light-colored background)
>
> This works great when I type the command from an xterm
> window -- but it fails when I click on a gnome or xfce
> icon containing the same command.
>
> Any idea why those two methods of starting a program
> don't produce the same result?
>
> Thanks.
>
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