FmTerminal: Libfm Reference Manual

FmTerminal

FmTerminal — Terminals representation for libfm.

FmTerminal *	fm_terminal_dup_default ()
gboolean	fm_terminal_launch ()

    GObject
    ╰── FmTerminal

include : libfm/fm.h

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

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.

error

location of error to set.

[allow-none]

terminal descriptor or NULL if no terminal is set.

[transfer full]

Since: 1.2.0

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.

dir	a directory to launch.	[allow-none]
error	location of error to set.	[allow-none]

TRUE if spawn was succesful.

Since: 1.2.0

#define FM_TERMINAL_TYPE               (fm_terminal_get_type())

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):

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

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

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)

typedef struct _FmTerminalClass FmTerminalClass;