FmTerminal

FmTerminal — Terminals representation for libfm.

Functions

Types and Values

#define FM_TERMINAL_TYPE
struct FmTerminal

Object Hierarchy

    GObject
    ╰── FmTerminal

Description

include : libfm/fm.h

The FmTerminal object represents description how applications which require start in terminal should be started.

Functions

fm_terminal_dup_default ()

FmTerminal *
fm_terminal_dup_default (GError **error);

Retrieves description of terminal which is defined in libfm config. Returned data should be freed with g_object_unref() after usage.

Parameters

error

location of error to set.

[allow-none]

Returns

terminal descriptor or NULL if no terminal is set.

[transfer full]

Since: 1.2.0


fm_terminal_launch ()

gboolean
fm_terminal_launch (const gchar *dir,
                    GError **error);

Spawns a terminal window in requested dir . If dir is NULL then it will be spawned in current working directory.

Parameters

dir

a directory to launch.

[allow-none]

error

location of error to set.

[allow-none]

Returns

TRUE if spawn was succesful.

Since: 1.2.0

Types and Values

FM_TERMINAL_TYPE

#define FM_TERMINAL_TYPE               (fm_terminal_get_type())

struct FmTerminal

struct FmTerminal {
    char* program;
    char* open_arg;
    char* noclose_arg;
    char* launch;
    char* desktop_id;
    char* custom_args;
};

A terminal description. If application should be ran in terminal libfm may do it either default way (closing terminal window after exit):

  • program custom_args open_arg <cmd> [<args>]

or alternate way (not closing terminal window after exit):

  • program custom_args noclose_arg <cmd> [<args>]

If terminal doesn't support not closing terminal window after exit then default way should be used.

Members

char *program;

archiver program

 

char *open_arg;

options to insert before <cmd> [<args>] to run command in terminal

 

char *noclose_arg;

options to insert to run command without closing terminal or NULL

 

char *launch;

options if required to launch in current directory

 

char *desktop_id;

desktop ID to search for icon and descriptions

 

char *custom_args;

custom arguments (only from libfm.conf)