On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 02:22:54AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> --- policy.sgml Sun Mar 25 01:34:33 2001
> +++ policy.sgml.x-terminal-emulator Sun Mar 25 02:17:56 2001
> @@ -5976,13 +5976,31 @@
>
> <p>
> <em>Packages that provide a terminal emulator</em> for the X
> - Window System which support a terminal type with a terminfo
> - description provided in the <tt>ncurses-base</tt> package
> - should declare in their control data that they provide the
> - virtual package <tt>x-terminal-emulator</tt>. They should
> - also register themselves as an alternative for
> - <tt>/usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator</tt>, with a priority of
> - 20.
> + Window System which meet the criteria listed below should declare
> + in their control data that they provide the virtual package
> + <tt>x-terminal-emulator</tt>. They should also register
> + themselves as an alternative for
> + <tt>/usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator</tt>, with a priority of 20.
> + </p>
> +
> + <p>To be an <tt>x-terminal-emulator</tt>, a program must:
> + <list>
> + <item>Be able to emulate a DEC VT100 terminal, or a compatible
> + terminal.<item>
> + <item>Support the command-line option "<tt>-e</tt>
> + <emph>command</emph>", which creates a new terminal window
> + <footnote>
> + "New terminal window" does not necessarily mean a
> + new top-level X window directly parented by the
> + window manager; it could, if the terminal emulator
> + application were so coded, be a new "view" in a
> + multiple-document interface (MDI).
> + </footnote>
> + and runs the specified <emph>command</emph>.</item>
> + <item>Support the command-line option "<tt>-T</tt>
> + <emph>title</emph>", which creates a new terminal window
> + with the window title <emph>title</emph>.</item>
> + </list>
> </p>
>
> <p>
This seems completely sensible, but hasn't attracted another second by
someone who actually knows stuff about X, so: seconded.
Cheers,
aj
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