#!/bin/bash # Try to run a command in an appropriate type of terminal window # depending on whats available # Sigh: theres no common way of handling command line args :-( name="$1" shift echo "Starting $name : $*" # default to xterm as it has the most consistent options and can start minimised if [ -n "$DISPLAY" -a -n "$(which xterm)" ]; then xterm -iconic -xrm 'XTerm*selectToClipboard: true' -xrm 'XTerm*initialFont: 6' -n "$name" -name "$name" -T "$name" -hold -e $* & elif [ -n "$DISPLAY" -a -n "$(which konsole)" ]; then konsole --hold -e $* elif [ -n "$DISPLAY" -a -n "$(which gnome-terminal)" ]; then gnome-terminal -e "$*" elif [ -n "$STY" ]; then # We are running inside of screen, try to start it there screen -X screen -t "$name" $* else filename="/tmp/$name.log" echo "Window access not found, logging to $filename" cmd="$1" shift # the following "true" is to avoid bash optimising the following call # to avoid creating a subshell. We need that subshell, or # _fdm_input_step sees ArduPilot has no parent and kills ArduPilot! ( : ; $cmd $* &>"$filename" < /dev/null ) & fi exit 0