Launching X11, xterm with command

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  1. GeeYouEye, Mar 21, 2005

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    Does anyone know a way to launch Apple's X11, and then tell the xterm that shows up to run a command? I have the equivalent working for Terminal.app (via NSTask), but I really need to be able to do the same thing for X11. I'm not opposed to kludgy solutions, but so far I've come up with nothing.
     
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  2. khammack, Mar 21, 2005

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    No need for a kludge. Launch a terminal and run these commands:

    $ cp /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc .xinitrc
    $ chmod +x .xinitrc

    Now edit .xinitrc, and find this section:
    You can add another 'xterm' command, suppose you want to run "top":

    -kev
     
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  3. GeeYouEye, Mar 23, 2005

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    Thanks, but I guess I wasn't being clear. I meant how to programmaticly do that in Cocoa, but no worries, I've got it working now. :)
     
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