DetectXTerm

Detect the terminal program.

Declaration

Source position: processbody.inc line 177

Function result

The terminal program to use, or empty if none was found.

Description

DetectXTerm checks if XTermProgram is set. if so, it returns that. If XTermProgram is empty, the list specified in TryTerminals is tested for existence. If none is found, then the DESKTOP_SESSION environment variable is examined:

kde

konsole is used if it is found.

gnome

gnome-terminal is used if it is found

windowmaker

aterm or xterm are used if found.

If after all this, no terminal is found, then a list of default programs is tested: 'x-terminal-emulator','xterm','aterm','wterm','rxvt'.

If a terminal program is found, then it is saved in XTermProgram, so the next call to DetectXTerm will re-use the value. If the search must be performed again, it is sufficient to set XTermProgram to the empty string.

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