On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 12:30:49 -0800
walt <wa1ter@myrealbox.com> wrote:

> Aha!  The plot thickens...
> 
> Now when I start xterm from the run dialog everything works normally.
> The xterm responds to signal 15 and to 'exit' or CTRL-D.

Ok.  If you do 'ps ax | grep xterm' you'll likely see two processes: one
is the shell used to launch the command you give, and the other one is
xterm.

> BUT!
> 
> When I create a custom icon for xterm on the gnome panel and start
> the xterm by clicking on it -- the same old problem occurs, even with
> ksh instead of bash.
> 
> So -- what is the difference between using the run dialog and a
> custom icon to start a process?

I don't know for sure, but it looks like the run dialog execs the program
using a shell (ksh -c whatever) while the panel runs it directly.

>  And what is the difference between
> ksh and bash?  I hope you know the answers ;o)

Not sure (yet).  Please file a PR with enough details or a pointer to this
discussion, and I'll take responsibility for it (so that I don't forget).

Cheers

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Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmmv@menta.net>
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