AddApp/terminal.py

   1 import os
   2
   3 def find_in_path(prog):
   4         """Search $PATH for prog.
   5         If prog is an absolute path, return it unmodified.
   6         @param prog: name of executable to find
   7         @return: the full path of prog, or None if not found
   8         """
   9         if os.path.isabs(prog): return prog
  10         for d in os.environ['PATH'].split(':'):
  11                 path = os.path.join(d, prog)
  12                 if os.path.isfile(path):
  13                         return path
  14         return None
  15
  16 def run_in_terminal(args):
  17         terminal_emulators = ['x-terminal-emulator', 'xterm', 'konsole']
  18         for xterm in terminal_emulators:
  19                 full = find_in_path(xterm)
  20                 if full:
  21                         os.execvp(full, [full, '-e', '0launch', '--'] + list(args))
  22
  23         import rox
  24         rox.croak("Can't run this program because it needs a terminal emulator and "
  25                   "you don't seem to have one!\n\nI looked for one of these:\n\n" + '\n'.join(terminal_emulators))