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Re: Solved (How to start a terminal as zim custom command)

 

Hi Jaap.

You are right, thanks.
Both variants work from command line as should be expected.
Variant b) works from zim, variant a) does not.

a) gnome-terminal --working-directory=%d
b) gnome-terminal --working-directory %d


One little thing is left:
If you start a terminal from a leaf page then there is no attachment
directory and therefore "%d" does not exist. Then you wind up in your
home directory. But that's another problem and is probably ok so.

Also:
You have to keep in mind that the command is started without the help
of a shell when launched with XFCE launcher (e.g. Applications menu).
Command then has to be found in minimum $PATH, inherited from xinitrc.
Say, $HOME/bin/command.sh   will not work due to unknown $HOME,
and neither will "~/bin/command.sh".

This again is not a problem of zim, but an issue with the XFCE launcher.
So don't bother with that in zim context.


Thanks a lot!

   Andreas



On 24.03.2015 10:43, Jaap Karssenberg wrote:
> .. that should be "gnome-terminal --working-directory %d" ... so same command minus the "="
>
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 10:43 AM, Jaap Karssenberg <jaap.karssenberg@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:jaap.karssenberg@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Andreas,
>
>     Ah yes, I see. The current limitation is that the "%d" needs to be an argument of it's own. Arguably you could consider that a bug or at least unexpected behavior.
>
>     Does gnome-terminal allow you to do "gnome-terminal --working-dir %s" instead ?
>
>     Regards,
>
>     Jaap
>
>
>     On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 10:38 AM, WEHLER Andreas <andreas.wehler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:andreas.wehler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>         Hi Jaap.
>
>         # this works:
>         # zim custom command
>         gnome-terminal --working-directory=/tmp
>
>         # this does not work (%d is ignored? empty? not expanded?)
>         # zim custom command
>         gnome-terminal --working-directory=%d
>
>
>         Best regards,
>
>               Andreas
>
>
>
>
>
>         On 24.03.2015 09 <tel:24.03.2015%2009>:28, Jaap Karssenberg wrote:
>         > Hi Andreas,
>         >
>         > What prevents you from define e.g. "xterm %d" as a custom command (replace "xterm" with your console of choice) ?  Also when you need the script, you should be able to put the full path to the script in the custom command dialog, e.g "~/bin/StartTerminal.sh" should work just fine.
>         >
>         > But maybe I so not understand the problem statement fully?
>         >
>         > Jaap
>         >
>         >
>          > On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 8:31 AM, WEHLER Andreas <andreas.wehler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:andreas.wehler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:andreas.wehler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:andreas.wehler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:
>          >
>          >     Hi.
>          >
>          >     I'm still looking for a good way to start a terminal as a custom command
>          >     from within zim.
>          >
>          >     Until now I have defined a wrapper which must be found within $PATH:
>          >         StartTerminal.sh     # see attachment
>          >
>          >     The setup of the custom command is shown here:
>          >         Snap_01.png          # see attachment
>          >
>          >     This works if zim is started from a shell with PATH being set up
>          >     e.g. in .bashrc and the wrapper is saved as "~/bin/StartTerminal.sh".
>          >     Assume you have no write permission for /usr/local/bin.
>          >
>          >     So I've created also another launcher just to start zim:
>          >         StartZim.sh          # see attachment, saved to ~/bin
>          >
>          >     And my launcher looks like:
>          >         Snap_02.png          # see attachment, this works
>          >
>          >
>          >     Now, the wrappers do a proof of concept, but it is a hassle.
>          >     It's nothing you ever want to show a workmate.
>          >
>          >     Apparently I miss something with parameter substitution in zim
>          >     custom commands or with quoting?
>          >
>          >     Thanks,
>          >
>          >          Andreas
>          >
>          >
>          >     zim 0.60; Ubuntu 14.04
>          >
>
>
>

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