On Wed, Feb 23, 2000 at 10:12:05PM +0000, Malcolm Parsons wrote: > Why aren't packages using available alternatives? Does this need to be made > policy? A quick grep of /usr/lib/menu/* reveals the following programs > that are not using the alternative: > > psmisc: title="pstree" command="/usr/bin/X11/xterm -e /usr/bin/pstree.x11" > vice: command="/usr/bin/fail-pause /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm -T Xpet -e /usr/bin/xpet" \ > vice: command="/usr/bin/fail-pause /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm -T Xvic -e /usr/bin/xvic" \ > vice: command="/usr/bin/fail-pause /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm -T X64 -e /usr/bin/x64" \ > xspectemu: command="xterm -e /usr/bin/xspect" > > should bugs be filed against these packages, and netscape for its default > helper application settings? Yes. I believe all X terminal emulators support a subset of xterm's traditional command-line options, including -T and -e. I wouldn't count on more than that being available, though. -- G. Branden Robinson | The first thing the communists do when Debian GNU/Linux | they take over a country is to outlaw branden@ecn.purdue.edu | cockfighting. roger.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ | -- Oklahoma State Senator John Monks
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