[GRASS-SVN] r30873 - grass/branches/releasebranch_6_3/lib/init

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Author: hamish
Date: 2008-04-05 20:41:51 -0400 (Sat, 05 Apr 2008)
New Revision: 30873

Modified:
   grass/branches/releasebranch_6_3/lib/init/grass-xterm-wrapper
Log:
backport from HEAD: try for alternatives if xterm isn't there (trac bug #117)

Modified: grass/branches/releasebranch_6_3/lib/init/grass-xterm-wrapper
===================================================================
--- grass/branches/releasebranch_6_3/lib/init/grass-xterm-wrapper	2008-04-05 23:46:35 UTC (rev 30872)
+++ grass/branches/releasebranch_6_3/lib/init/grass-xterm-wrapper	2008-04-06 00:41:51 UTC (rev 30873)
@@ -2,7 +2,19 @@
 # script to wrap xterm 
 
 if [ -z "$GRASS_XTERM" ] ; then
-   GRASS_XTERM=xterm
+   # find a working xterm or xterm compatible executable
+   TERM_TRY="xterm rxvt x-terminal-emulator"
+   for TERM_PROG in $TERM_TRY ; do
+      if [ -x "`which $TERM_PROG`" ] ; then
+         GRASS_XTERM="$TERM_PROG"
+         break
+      fi
+   done
+   if [ -z "$GRASS_XTERM" ] ; then
+      # no luck, use a default
+      g.message -w "No terminal program found, trying xterm"
+      GRASS_XTERM=xterm
+   fi
 fi
 
 # run command