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Re: sensible-x-terminal and x-terminal-emulator



From: Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au>
Subject: Re: sensible-x-terminal and x-terminal-emulator
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 09:35:45 +1000

> Okay, I'll just have a couple more goes at convincing you to divert xterm
> first... :) 

Only few comments.  I think that it might be the easiest and quickest 
way to divert xterm if the aim is only to test sensible-xtermemu but 
when it will be really uploaded to Debian it will be used as a real tool.

Then I am afraid that;

- xterm is too standard to be replaced with sensible-xtermemu.
As the author already pointed out it will cause severe confusion
to many users.  Think when I type 'xterm' and I see kterm is running!

Well it is certainly kterm which I use usually but there are some
cases when I want intentionally to call xterm.  Yes, of course I
know the method to call xterm; type 'xterm.x11' but it might
be impossible to expect that all users know this.
(I.e. it might be too radical ;-)

- to divert xterm will provide a bit different environment
from the one the author aims for.  His goal might be replacing
X terminal emulator called from menu system or so.

Concerning this point, I would like to know
 
> > and be integrated into 'debianutils'
> 
> xfree86-common would make more sense, I suspect.

what or how is your concrete idear?  Do you mean to replace
xterm with sensible-xtermemu?

In anyway, how about to do the next set-up

> > > (2) rewrite some programs or configuration file which calls X terminal
> > >     emulator to call /usr/bin/sensible-x-terminal-emulator.  For
> > >     example, /etc/menu-methods/menu.h has 'xterm'.

with the postinst of sensible-xtermemu?

This will provide rather similar environment which the author
aims for and causes almost no confusion.  My system is just in 
this situation now ;-)

Best Regards,			2000.7.22

--
 Debian JP Developer - much more I18N of Debian
 Atsuhito Kohda <kohda@pm.tokushima-u.ac.jp>
 Department of Math., Tokushima Univ.



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