Re: [gnome-network]Re: gnome-network question

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 10:28 -0700, Emil Soleyman-Zomalan wrote:
> 
> > > I've been taking a look at fixing some bugs in the gnome-remote-shell
> > > utility. I believe I've found a bug with the way the application opens a
> > > ssh connection with gnome-terminal.
> > > 
> > > The application does a lookup of terminal preferences in Gconf,
> > > specifically the exec and exec_arg keys. For example, my desktop has
> > > gnome-terminal and -x as the values of those keys. Gnome-remote-shell
> > > uses those values to launch an ssh connection within gnome-terminal. It
> > > seems that gnome-terminal creates a window and destroys itself in less
> > > than a second. However, using the -e option does the right thing. Try
> > > this to see the difference:
> > > 
> > > gnome-terminal -x "ssh localhost"
> > > gnome-terminal -e "ssh localhost"
> > > 
> > as the help says:
> > 
> >   -e, --command=STRING                            Execute the argument
> > to this
> >                                                   option inside the
> > terminal.
> >   -x, --execute                                   Execute the remainder
> > of the
> >                                                   command line inside
> > the
> >                                                   terminal.
> > 
> > it seems there is a small difference between the 2 options. I wonder if
> > you are maybe using the broken version we had in CVS for some weeks,
> > which was building wrongly the command line. What version are you using?
> 
> I've checked out the man page for help in deciphering the difference
> between -e and -x, but I haven't been able to figure out why -e works
> correctly when launching an ssh connection while -x doesn't.
> 
> I'm using the latest CVS (1.99.1+) sources and it still shows the same
> problem. I'm also using gnome-terminal 2.2.2-3 as packaged in Debian
> Unstable.
> 
I think it might due because one reads the whole command after it, and
the other needs some delimiter ("...") for the command if it's got
spaces. Could that be the case?

> > > I've been trying to figure out what the difference between -x and -e
> > > options but can't figure out what it is. Could this be a bug in the way
> > > gnome-terminal works or are gnome-remote-shell's defaults incorrect?
> > >
> > I'd vote it is the broken version bug. Please retry with 1.99.1, or with
> > latest CVS.
> 
> I'll try to investigate some more. I'll post my findings back to the
> list.
>
ok, thanks

cheers