Opens an identical xterm. In the original terminal it says Warning: Cannot convert string "nil2" to type FontStruct
before spawning the new terminal. Search results inconclusive. BTW if you google "Warning: Cannot convert string "nil2" to type FontStruct" + xfterm4 you get precisely one hit, which I believe is known as a "googlewhack". This is the terminal I want, the one I used to have: http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/terminal This is the terminal I have now: http://www.xfce.org/projects/terminal mw On 9/21/09, walt <w41...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 09/21/2009 04:16 PM, Maxim Wexler wrote: >> Hi group, >> >> Before I did -uvDN world a couple of days ago the terminal that came >> with xfce4 was quite nice, configurable, with tabs. Now the terminal >> app really sucks. I've looked in ~/.config/xfce4 for something to >> tweak but must have missed it. >> >> Settings->Preferred Applications->Utilities leads to a dialogue window >> where a Terminal Emulator may be chosen, but the only one that works >> is the default X Terminal. If you click on Select Application you are >> led to /usr/bin. I tried xfterm4 but when I clicked on terminal in the >> menu nothing happened. >> >> I see under ~/.local/share/xfce4/helpers there is an xterm config file >> with the line: >> >> X-XFCE-Commands=/usr/bin/xterm. >> >> Is there something else I can point it too or do I need to emerge >> something else to improve the terminal in Xfce-4.6.1? > > I would try running 'xfterm4' from a command prompt (in the sucky xterm > window, of course ;o) and look for error messages. That's always the > first thing I try when clicking on an icon doesn't work. > > >
