x-terminal-emulator does not honor -e option

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. open winff in a terminal (in order to see error messages)
2. navigate to a .avi file
3. click "convert" without changing any settings (all default)

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Expected: .avi file conversion
Seen instead:
"
winff
[WARNING] Out of OEM specific VK codes, changing to unassigned
[WARNING] Out of unassigned VK codes, assigning $FF

(winff:21547): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_tree_view_set_cursor_on_cell: assertion
`tree_view->priv->tree != NULL' failed
Usage: x-terminal-emulator [options]

x-terminal-emulator: error: Expecting zero additional arguments, found: 1
"

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
v.1.0.0 is being used on Ubuntu 9.04

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by asdfasdf...@gmail.com on 26 Apr 2009 at 4:12

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Darn it... sorry I clicked OK before adding a subject line. :(  Time for me to 
get
some sleep.

Original comment by asdfasdf...@gmail.com on 26 Apr 2009 at 4:14

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Thank you for reporting issues you encounter. 

Work-around: Edit -> Preferences -> Linux 
Either insert an other terminal (e.g. /usr/bin/xterm) or provide the proper 
terminal
option (terminator uses -x)

Unfortunately, what you experience is not a bug in winff, but a bug in the 
program
that emulates the terminal. Somebody reported yesterday [1] that terminator 
does not
honor the -e options that programs that provide x-terminal-emulator should. You 
are
experiencing the same.

Could you please let me know to what program you
/etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator points?
[code]ls -al /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator[/code]

[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/366644

Original comment by poipodec...@hotmail.com on 26 Apr 2009 at 7:51

• Changed title: x-terminal-emulator does not honor -e option
• Changed state: Invalid

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Ah, this makes sense now.  I do use terminator (there seem to be two similar 
terminal
emulators called "terminator", mine is at https://launchpad.net/terminator/).  
I will
submit this as a terminator bug report (if it's not already reported) and use 
the
workaround.

Thanks!

Original comment by asdfasdf...@gmail.com on 27 Apr 2009 at 11:46

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I get the same error with both gnome terminal and xterm in Ubuntu 9.04.
So how should I start xterm? Because starting xterm from terminator by typing 
xterm
and the running winff does not work.

Original comment by WLigtenb...@gmail.com on 4 Jul 2009 at 3:47

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@WLigtenberg: as reported in my comment 2, in the Edit -> Preferences -> Linux 
menu
you can set which terminal to use.

Original comment by poipodec...@hotmail.com on 5 Jul 2009 at 8:43