| Title: | DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90 |
| Notice: | See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit |
| Moderator: | STAR::VATNE |
| Created: | Mon Oct 30 1989 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Dec 31 1990 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3726 |
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Under ULTRIX I am trying to start an xterm with a program running in it and I am having some problems. The command follows: xterm -geometry =80x6+0-0 -l -n vctool.GFX -d vctool:0 -e gfxProcess.csh -d 0.5 vctool& If i leave out the -d 0.5 out all is well if I include it I get the error can't open display. xterm should not be looking for options after the -e. Any options after -e are for the command to be started. gfxProcess.csh is an existing process that happens to use -d. If I type in -dt 0.5 instead of -d 0.5 it works. (Although the program gets the wrong option.) Should this be reported as an error? Tony
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| 690.1 | UNIX programs do their own argument parsing, and... | DECWET::TARDIFF | It's all rock-and-roll to him. | Fri Apr 28 1989 21:28 | 14 |
Re .0:
Have you tried enclosing the stuff af-e i quotes? Given the way
most of the UNIX programs (and scripts) I've seen parse arguments,
there's no way they'd ever be able to tell the difference between
the -d that means display and the -d that's meant for gfxProcess.
I'd try my suggestion out myself, but I'm nowhere near a workstation
running X at the moment.
BTW, hello Tony (if you're the Tony Lekas from RSX...)
+ Michael
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| 690.2 | Line-induced typos | DECWET::TARDIFF | It's all rock-and-roll to him. | Fri Apr 28 1989 21:29 | 6 |
Um...that's "the stuff after the -e in quotes" This modem line
is awfully noisy.
+ Michael
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