GNU bug report logs - #51850
27.2; No way to configure mm-external-terminal-program command switch

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Kevin Foley <kevin <at> kevinjfoley.me>

Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2021 16:50:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.2

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 51850 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Kevin Foley <kevin <at> kevinjfoley.me>
Cc: 51850 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#51850: 27.2; No way to configure
 mm-external-terminal-program command switch
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2021 07:17:19 +0100

Kevin Foley <kevin <at> kevinjfoley.me> writes:

> When calling `mm-display-external', the switch to pass a command to
> `mm-external-terminal-program' is hard coded to "-e".
>
> However this switch is deprecated in `gnome-terminal` and "--" should be
> used instead.  In my testing "-e" didn't work at all with
> `gnome-terminal` (I tested the same command outside of Emacs as well).
>
> I think it would be useful to make this configurable via a user option.

I've now fixed this in Emacs 29 by allowing mm-external-terminal-program
to be a list like ("gnome-terminal" "--").

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