[GRASS5] open GRASS in own xterm

[Bernhard Reiter]

On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 04:24:56PM +0000, Markus Neteler wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> as new users tend to start "grass5" with a double click in
> a file explorer (especially the (former) Windows users) it
> might be a good idea to start GRASS in an own "xterm" *if*
> the DISPLAY variable is set (= Xwin running). This click-idea
> of course doesn't currently work.

Dont't,
this is a task which the file manager has to solve.
You can set the right options there.
GRASS cannot do much about.
(And it should not try.)

> 
> Starting GRASS in its own xterm would reduce lot of confusion 
> for them... Any objections?
> We could use the same check mechanism already used for the
> graphical startup.
> 
> Regards
>  Markus
> 
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