Hi, my first shot (not really tested, but my goldfinger say's :-D) the backquotes around rlc......
because, if you use an xterm to open the command, you have an interactive shell. in Gnome/KDE you have anything other then a shell to workaraund you can try little shell-script. ----8<----- #!/bin/sh xterm -ls +sb -bg `rlc` $@ ---->8---- my 20ct regards michael 2005/8/22, walt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I've written a little C program named rlc which generates > random color strings like 'rgb:a5/b3/f1' which I can use > like this to start xterm: > > xterm -bg `rlc` (gives a random-light-colored background) > > This works great when I type the command from an xterm > window -- but it fails when I click on a gnome or xfce > icon containing the same command. > > Any idea why those two methods of starting a program > don't produce the same result? > > Thanks. >
