xmonad-contrib/RunInXTerm.hs
2007-08-18 08:33:29 +00:00

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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 "XMonadContrib.SshPrompt"
runInXTerm :: String -> X ()
runInXTerm com = do
c <- io $ catch (getEnv "XTERMCMD") (const $ return "xterm")
spawn ("exec " ++ c ++ " -e " ++ com)