replace xterm with gnome-terminal

[eexpress]

The xterm is small without configure it, and I do not like to make a .Xdefaults config for xterm any more. So I want replace the xterm with well work's gnome-terminal.

In Preferences -> Tools -> Terminal:

1. when I set as gnome-terminal -e "/bin/sh %c", and click the RUN botton in toolbar to execute, the gnome-terminal is show, but the RUN botton can not display as an "STOP" icon, that's say I can not stop the running application by click the RUN button.
2. when I set as gnome-terminal -x "/bin/sh %c", it failure to lanuch.

I want click the button to run, click again to stop.

[elextr]

but the RUN botton can not display as an "STOP" icon, that's say I can not stop the running application by click the RUN button.

IIUC gnome-terminal is a front end for gnome-terminal-server. The server shows the terminal screens and gnome-terminal just tells it what to show and exits. Since Geany knows nothing about the server it watches the gnome-terminal process and when it exits it presumes the run is complete and switches the stop back to run. Unless you can find options that tell gnome-terminal not to behave like this there is not much Geany can do.

when I set as gnome-terminal -x "/bin/sh %c", it failure to lanuch

Thats a gnome-terminal problem, nothing to do with Geany, but I think it expects a list of arguments, not a single string. Also -x is deprecated.

[b4n]

IIRC gnome-terminal has an option like --disable-factory or similar not to connect to a running instance, if that's indeed the issue.

[elextr]

This was what google found for me, maybe a newer version has that option.

[b4n]

Ok so maybe --wait?

[elextr]

Works for me gnome-terminal -e python3 returns immediately and a window with python REPL pops up, but gnome-terminal --wait -e python3 does not return until after the Python REPL is exited.

Note -e is also deprecated, @eexpress use -- and look at how the arguments need to be structured.

[eexpress]

-e is also deprecated,

OMG.

[eexpress]

Ok so maybe --wait?

Thanks. --wait is work for the Button which show "STOP" icon. but click the button can not stop the thread.