[solved] connect to a virtual terminal

I want to start a console-based app (vim, ncmpc, irssi, etc.) in a new terminal (urxvt), how can I do this?
Here are some examples of things I'd like to be able to do:
- launch ncmpc in a new terminal at a given time every morning as an alarm clock
- launch irssi in a terminal every time I start X
If I summon an urxvt, is there a way of knowing which tty it's connected to (programmaticaly), and then is there a way of sending commands to that tty?
Last edited by peets (2007-11-25 15:44:53)

Moved to here.
urxvt -e <command> - it's in the man page.

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