Hi, * Russell L. Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070901 14:22]: > * shen xiaofei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070831 23:28]: > > > > * You wrote on Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 07:33:54PM -0500: <snip> > > xterm -e /usr/bin/mutt > > > > > start mutt by double-clicking on the penguin icon. Otherwise, gnubiff > > > appears to be working properly, so I plan to stay with it. > > Amazing! I thank you, Shen. > > This is my first experience with xterm. I have been using Multi Gnome > Terminal except when I wish to run mc (midnight commander). mc > doesn't work very well with multi gnome terminal, so for mc I open > gnome terminal.
Since you already seem to use it I thought it worth pointing out how, using gnome-terminal you can get similar results to running 'xterm -e mutt'. This can be done using gnome-terminal "Profiles". You can set one up for mutt with the following procedure (description based on the 2.18 version of gnome terminal, but I guess should be similar for all 2.x versions): Open a gnome-terminal from the menu select; Edit->Profiles->New In the field "Profile name" enter something appropriate like "Mutt" Click "Create" This should pop up a tabbed window which allows you to edit the Mutt profile. Select the "Title and Command" tab, select the check box "Run a custom command instead of my shell", then enter "mutt" in the field "Custom command". You can also do fun things like set the icon etc. Now, to run this profile (ie run the terminal with mutt) do: gnome-terminal --window-with-profile Mutt (where "Mutt" was the profile name you chose earlier) Cheers, Nick. PS. I recall from some time ago the main advantage multi-gnome-terminal had over gnome-terminal was it's use of tabs: this feature is now in gnome-terminal too.
