Re: Respecting standard X options (diatribe)

[Ian Campbell <ijc25 cam ac uk>]

Or you could run /opt/gnome/bin/sol --display=alpha:0.0

I think -- is used because that is the standard prefix for long options in
GNU (a single dash introduces a sequence of single character options).

Ian.

On 2000-11-06 15:37:42 +0000 Gareth Bowker wrote:
> 
> "David T. Bath" wrote:
> <snip>
> > So how do I nicely kick off processes aimed at other displays?  If you
> > say "shell out, set DISPLAY and then invoke the program" I'll respond:
> 
> If you run :
> 
>   [me beta]$ DISPLAY=alpha:0.0 /opt/gnome/bin/sol &
> 
> then this should work. This overrides $DISPLAY only for the current
> command.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Gareth
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Ian Campbell
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