Status: New Owner: ---- New issue 254 by twpayne: XMonad.Contrib.Util.Run.runInTerm does not work with terminal = "gnome-terminal" http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=254 What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. Configure XMonad with terminal = "gnome-terminal" 2. Use any of the XMonad.Contrib.Prompt.modules that use runInTerm, e.g. XMonad.Contrib.Prompt.Ssh What is the expected output? What do you see instead? Expect to see a new terminal window with an ssh session in it. Instead, a terminal window appears very briefly and then disappears. What version of the product are you using? On what operating system? xmonad-0.8 and xmonad-contrib-0.8 on Ubuntu 8.10. Please provide any additional information below. The problem is due to a difference between how xterm and gnome-terminal interpret the -e command line option. xterm -e consumes all remaining arguments gnome-terminal -e consumes a single argument runInTerm invokes $terminal like this: $terminal -e $command This does not work with gnome-terminal if $command contains spaces, e.g. if $command = "ssh localhost". gnome-terminal executes "ssh" only, and ignores the "localhost" argument. A possible fix is to modify runInTerm to pass the command in single quotes, e.g. $terminal -e '$command' Of course, this is somewhat fragile: it will break if $command contains single quotes. As a work around, the attached script "gnome-terminal-wrapper" provides xterm -e style behaviour for gnome-terminal, i.e. causes -e to consume all remaining arguments. Attachments: gnome-terminal-wrapper 220 bytes -- You received this message because you are listed in the owner or CC fields of this issue, or because you starred this issue. You may adjust your issue notification preferences at: http://code.google.com/hosting/settings