09-09-2011
gnome-terminal questions
I have a couple questions regarding gnome-terminal.
Basically I am trying to write an alias that will bring up several gnome-terminals that navigate to certain directories and run certain commands. I have it pretty well figured out, but the one I am having a problem with is simply running a command one time, and returning to the command line. Here is what I am currently doing
gnome-terminal --working-directory=/(directory) --title=(title) --geomety=125x17+0+0 --command="ls -ltr"
This opens the terminal, executed the ls -ltr, but immediately closed the terminal after it's done. I tried adjusting the profile, and that made it so it wouldn't close the terminal, but it didn't return to a command line. Ultimately I have a few scripts that I want to run in non-predicable intervals (aka I can't do a watch), and ideally when the terminal opens it would run the script, and then when I want to run it again I can just Up Arrow and hit Enter to re-run it.
My second question: Is it possible to have a gnome-terminal open in a different workspace from the one you are currently in. I wasn't able to find a --workspace=(workspace) type thing.
Thanks in advance for your help!
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
gnome-keyboard-layout
gnome-keyboard-layout(1) User Commands gnome-keyboard-layout(1)
NAME
gnome-keyboard-layout - set your keyboard layout
SYNOPSIS
gnome-keyboard-layout [gnome-std-options]
DESCRIPTION
gnome-keyboard-layout enables you to select a locale mapping for your keyboard.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
gnome-std-optionStandard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See gnome-std-options(5) for more information.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Launching gnome-keyboard-layout
example% gnome-keyboard-layout
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5).
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Application exited successfully
>0 Application exited with failure
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/gnome-keyboard-Executable to set your keyboard layout
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWgnome-utility_applets |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |External |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.
gkb_xmmap(1), gnome-keybinding-properties(1), gnome-keyboard-properties(1), xmodmap(1), gnome-std-options(5)
NOTES
Written by Matt Keenan, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004.
SunOS 5.10 6 Sep 2004 gnome-keyboard-layout(1)