[xmonad] Issue 254 in xmonad: XMonad.Contrib.Util.Run.runInTerm does not work with terminal = "gnome-terminal"

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New issue 254 by twpayne: XMonad.Contrib.Util.Run.runInTerm does not work  
with terminal = "gnome-terminal"
http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=254

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Configure XMonad with terminal = "gnome-terminal"
2. Use any of the XMonad.Contrib.Prompt.modules that use runInTerm, e.g.
XMonad.Contrib.Prompt.Ssh

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Expect to see a new terminal window with an ssh session in it.
Instead, a terminal window appears very briefly and then disappears.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
xmonad-0.8 and xmonad-contrib-0.8 on Ubuntu 8.10.

Please provide any additional information below.
The problem is due to a difference between how xterm and gnome-terminal
interpret the -e command line option.
xterm -e consumes all remaining arguments
gnome-terminal -e consumes a single argument
runInTerm invokes $terminal like this:
   $terminal -e $command
This does not work with gnome-terminal if $command contains spaces, e.g. if
$command = "ssh localhost". gnome-terminal executes "ssh" only, and ignores
the "localhost" argument.

A possible fix is to modify runInTerm to pass the command in single quotes,
e.g.
   $terminal -e '$command'
Of course, this is somewhat fragile: it will break if $command contains
single quotes.

As a work around, the attached script "gnome-terminal-wrapper" provides
xterm -e style behaviour for gnome-terminal, i.e. causes -e to consume all
remaining arguments.


Attachments:
	gnome-terminal-wrapper  220 bytes

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