[plug] GUI's

[James Elliott]

Thanks Bill - I feel a bit silly now, not recognising it as a prompt

James Elliott

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Kenworthy" <billk at iinet.net.au>
To: "Plug List" <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 6:41 AM
Subject: Re: [plug] GUI's


> shell prompt
>
> e.g., in my case the prompt is:
>
> someone at rattus ~ $ ls -al
>
> where the '$' is the same point as the '%' - this depends what shell you
> are using and how it is set up - mine is standard mandrake zsh
>
> BillK
>
> On Mon, 2002-05-06 at 06:27, James Elliott wrote:
> > Two computers:  bravo & kudos
> >
> > bravo%  xterm -sb -title bravo -display kudos:0.0 &
> >
> > Could someone please tell me what "bravo%" does in this command? ... and
do
> > I understand the rest of it correctly?:
> >
> > xterm  ...  brings up a terminal emulator window
> > -sb     ...   with a scrollbar
> > -title   ...    window title is "bravo"
> > -display ... is actually on the computer called 'kudos' (screen 0)
> > &        ....  process runs in the background
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> >
> > James Elliott
> > Ravensthorpe Computers
> > ABN 34 305 232 710
> > Tel:   08 9838 1043
> > Fax:  08 9838 1049
> > Cell:  0428 39 6052
> > E-mail:  James.Elliott at wn.com.au
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> > PO Box 228, Ravensthorpe WA 6346
> >
> >
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