So I am running a linux box using the classical terminal (CTRL+ALT+F1-F6), the machine has an x-window system installed as well, which I do not want to use to launch programs.
hmm - didn't you want to have several CLIs at once? Now i am confused about what you in fact want.
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Originally Posted by jamie_123
The scenario that I was thinking of was to launch a graphical program from one of these classical terminals. I was wondering, since I have x-window installed, it must be possible to create a window on top of the classical terminal somehow. I hope my question makes more sense now?
The question makes sense, but it isn't possible to do so. Graphical programs are graphical, because they use certain (graphical) functions: on a terminal to display character "a" you simply send an "a". On a graphical application, to display an "a" you need to decide in which font you want it displayed, get the (graphical) definition of the character "a" in the font and the respective size, finally use some graphics routines ("draw line", "draw curve", "fill area", etc.) to finally display a picture resembling an "a". All these functions are carried out (via several layers of software) by the underlying libraries (the X-Server and the Window-Manager) so that for the application itself it boils down to simply order "display an 'a'" again. But without these layers of software underneath the order would not make sense.
If your goal is to start a graphical application using a X-Server running somewhere else (on local hardware or some remote system on the network): this is possible, in fact it is the normal use one makes from graphical environments.
When you start a program (an "X-Client", because it uses services) it needs to be told which X-Server (a program which provides these services) to use. This is is done via an environment variable called "DISPLAY". For instance:
This will (if everything is configured correctly) make firefox run on the system you issued the command but display its window at the system "myrunningxserver.network.org" at display 0 (there could be several displays), screen 0 (every display could consist of several screens).
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
scrobble-cli
SCROBBLE-CLI(1) General Commands Manual SCROBBLE-CLI(1)NAME
scrobble-cli - a last.fm submitter for portable devices
SYNOPSIS
scrobble-cli [options]
DESCRIPTION
scrobble-cli is a program to submit information about tracks which have been listened to from a portable music player to last.fm
(previously known as Audioscrobbler). scrobble-cli can read this information from .scrobbler.log files (i.e. produced by the open Rockbox
firmware), from iPod databases, or from devices that use MTP (aka Plays for Sure). In addition to this, scrobble-cli can adjust the
date/time information relating to when the track was listened to before uploading. This can be useful if your device is set to a different
timezone to the machine you upload from.
OPTIONS
This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included
below.
-c, --playcounts
Remove the iPod "Play Counts" database file after submission.
-d, --database
Submit information from an iPod database (requires -l)
-h, --help
Show summary of options.
-l, --location <path>
Filesystem location of the .scrobbler.log file, or the iPod database. For .scrobbler.log this should be the path to, and including
the file name. For iPods, this should normally be the mount point - (/iPod_Control/iTunes/iTunesDB is automatically appended to
this path).
-m, --mtp
Submit from a MTP (aka Plays for Sure) device
-n, --now
Recalculates the times each track was played before submission. Automatically enabled if using a .scrobbler-timeless.log or MTP
device.
-p, --password <password>
Last.fm account password
-r, --recalc <datetime>
Recalculates the play time for each track. <datetime> should be a UNIX timestamp.
-t, --timestamp <offset>
Override the detected system timezone offset from UTC <offset> is the number of hours from UTC, i.e. +3, -4.5
-u, --username <username>
Last.fm account username
-v, --verbose <level>
Output verbosity level
-w, --proxy_host <hostname>
Proxy hostname or IP address (requires -x)
-x, --proxy_port <port>
Proxy port number (requires -w)
-y, --proxy_user <username>
Username for proxy authentication
-z, --proxy_pass <password>
Password for proxy authentication
WWW
http://qtscrob.sourceforge.net
This manual page was written by Robert Keevil <rkeevil@gmail.com>, and is licensed under version 2 of the GPL.
February 16, 2009 SCROBBLE-CLI(1)