In a message dated: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 11:01:39 EST
Benjamin Scott said:
>Hey folks,
>
> I use GNOME. I have a few icons on my panel set to spawn processes in a
>terminal window. The commands look something like this:
>
> gnome-terminal -e 'pine -i'
I believe that wben you use -e, you're exec'ing the process and
thereby *replacing* any shell that may have existed beforehand. It
would be the same as if you did:
gnome-terminal 'bash'
exec pine
> The problem is, when I hit [CTRL]+[Z] in any of these windows, the
>foreground process suspends, but I do not get a shell prompt. The process
>just hangs, and I basically have to nuke the window.
I'm surprised it even suspends. CtrlZ is a shell interupt, isn't it?
If there's no shell to interupt, the you shouldn't have anything
happen! For example, when I do:
xterm -e vi
Then try and hit CtrlZ, nothing happens at all!
> I have tried things like this:
>
> gnome-terminal -e 'bash --login -i -c pine -i'
>
>but get the same behavior. However, if I do this:
>
> gnome-terminal -e 'bash'
>
>and then start 'pine' from the shell prompt, job control works fine.
Right, because you're not "exec'ing" pine, you're running it from
within the shell. Therefore you have job control.
> I get the same behavior for any program I have tried, not just Pine. I
Makes perfect sense to me.
> Normally, I just open new windows, but I'm so used to hitting [CTRL]+[Z]
>to get back to the prompt that sometimes my fingers type it before my
>conscious mind can remember not to, and I lose my Pine session (or
>whatever).
>
> Anyone have any ideas on what I can do to fix this?
Don't hit CtrlZ :) Though, really, I don't understand why it's even
causing you a problem. I've tried everything you've said, and CtrlZ
has no affect at all on the program I run via:
<insert terminal program of choice here> -e <program name>
other than to just beep at me.
--
Seeya,
Paul
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