Re: portable termina

On 7/29/20 8:59 PM, chloros wrote:
> here with "gnome-terminal" the terminal opens on the wrong display.
> 
> but with "xterm" it opens correctly.
> 
> 
> 1.) command_string = "xterm -e gdb -p %d";
> ssh -X 192.168.1.3 -l user
> octave:1> __debug_octave__
> 
> -> A second terminal pops up with gdb attached to octave
> GNU gdb (GDB) Fedora 8.3.50.20190824-30.fc31
> Attaching to process 3513
> [New LWP 3514]
> (gdb)

Using xterm also works for me.

> 2.) command_string = "gnome-terminal -e gdb -p %d";
> ssh -X 192.168.1.3 -l user
> octave:1> __debug_octave__
> 
> --> the gdb terminal pops up on the system where octave is running.

Oh, maybe that is what it is trying to do for me as well, except that 
the system where Octave is running doesn't have a graphical display 
environment available.

jwe