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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- |
+-- Module      :  XMonadContrib.RunInXTerm
+-- Copyright   :  (C) 2007 Andrea Rossato
+-- License     :  BSD3
+-- 
+-- Maintainer  :  andrea.rossato@unibz.it
+-- Stability   :  unstable
+-- Portability :  unportable
+--
+-- A simple module to launch commands in an X terminal 
+-- from XMonad
+--
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+module XMonadContrib.RunInXTerm (
+                             -- * Usage
+                             -- $usage
+                             runInXTerm
+                              ) where
+
+import XMonad
+import System.Environment
+
+-- $usage
+-- For an example usage see SshPrompt
+
+runInXTerm :: String -> X ()
+runInXTerm com = do
+  c <- io $ catch (getEnv "XTERMCMD") (const $ return "xterm")
+  spawn ("exec " ++ c ++ " -e " ++ com)