Running executables in an XTERM

Question

Hi,
I have an application that requires a working terminal to run. The "Execution Window" of studio 11 does not have terminal support (ie. cursor is not addressable).
My app needs to run inside an xterm or vt100 terminal. How do I get my application to run within an xterm from Studio 11 IDE. And how would I debug an application that runs inside an xterm using the IDE?

Answer 1

I was previously asking a question how to run xterm without a shell in it.
I did not get any response but here is a simple trick how to run application from Studio 11 IDE and redirect I/O to xterm window.
The xterm (to my knowledge) has to be always associated with some running application.
The problem is that the application I/O is interfering with I/O of the program you are debugging.
THIS IS A HACK.
Write a simple c program (s.c):
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
int main() {
printf("pty:%s\n",ttyname(0));
close(0); close(1); close(2);
fclose(stdin); fclose(stdout); fclose(stderr);
for(;;) sleep(10);
compile:
cc s.c
and execute � do it login as the same user as you are running Studio11 to avoid permissions issues.
xterm a.out
Now you have running xterm with application which is ignoring I/O
The only text displayed in the xterm window is the name of pty
Go into IDE debugger and load the application you want to debug in xterm window
Set the I/O for the program to the pty from the xterm screen
Make sure your environment has set proper TERM.
Start debugging. All I/O will go through xterm window.
Once you are done just close the window (xterm) or CTRL_C from it.
Let me know if it helped
Message was edited by:
Well the Forte6U2 did not have this kind of problems. The Output window was working just fine as a xterm replacement. For the development environment like Studio11 there should be a nicer way how to do this.
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