<div dir="ltr">On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 2:22 AM, Alfredo Di Napoli <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alfredo.dinapoli@gmail.com" target="_blank">alfredo.dinapoli@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote">
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urxvtc -e sh -c 'echo a'<br>
xterm -e echo a<br></blockquote></div><div><br>I would like to, and in fact I've already tried, but urxvt is trickier than other shells. Using the command you gave me does not create a new window, tested both on XMonad and Gnome. This is<br>
the error you can see using the option "-hold", this way:<br><br> urxvt --hold -e "echo a"<br><br>This opens a new window with the error: <i>urxvt: Unable to exec child.<br></i></div></div></blockquote>
<div><br></div><div>I think you misunderstood; as I read it (and as I would expect it to work given the above descrtiption) that would be</div><div><br></div><div> urxvt --hold -e sh -c 'echo a'</div><div><br></div>
</div>-- <br>brandon s allbery <a href="mailto:allbery.b@gmail.com" target="_blank">allbery.b@gmail.com</a><br>wandering unix systems administrator (available) (412) 475-9364 vm/sms<br>
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