I think the best way is to launch: /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator Richard
On Thursday June 30 2011 22:29:52 Dave Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > I am writing a Linux desktop application (written in Qt) in which I'd > like to launch the user's preferred terminal. I am at a loss for a way > to do this that would work across multiple distros: RHEL5, RHEL6, Fedora > 13+, Ubuntu. I have used xdg-open, for example, to launch the user's > file browser, web browser, etc, but I am at a loss for how to launch the > correct terminal. For now, I have just resorted to always launching > "xterm", but that is pretty lame. At one point, the xdg-terminal script > looked promising (which I only found mentioned via Google), but none of > the package managers seem to know about xdg-terminal on any of the > aforementioned distros. > > Any ideas? > > --Dave /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
