-e should terminate argv parsing and use the remainder of argv as command to run

[r00t-]

(instead of taking a regular string argument.) that's what it does in xterm and many other other terminal emulators. (gnome-terminal supplies -- as an alternative.) this is also necessary to pass "complex" commands, without requiring complex quoting.

consider: xterm -e su -c "vi /etc/passwd"

this is very likely the cause of https://github.com/thestinger/termite/issues/767 (when pacman tries to pass the editor and the file to edit), and also of https://github.com/raboof/notion/issues/299 .

https://github.com/thestinger/termite/blob/master/termite.cc#L1651

[zoj613]

In #767 The -- wasn't recognised by pcmanfm. After I removed it, the files opened.

[apppppppple]

if termite -e could also return the result of the command ran (assuming --hold was not passed) that would help a lot as well. I'm having to hardcode behavior in some of my scripts when it would make a lot more sense to pipe output from termite.

[r00t-]

there's a somewhat similar MR at #717 , but it seems to implement yet another incompatible parsing style

[PRESFIL]

IMO, -e is most valueable component of xterm syntax to be compatible with it. Many programs expect this syntax to be supported, allowing you to change $0 to any other terminal emulator. But when it comes down to it, termite refuses to work. I would like to use termite instead of xterm, just by creating a symlink to it.

Sometimes you want to come up with something new, but xterm is a defacto standard, which will immediately hit compatibility...

[thestinger]

Termite is obsolete. Please use Alacritty instead. See https://github.com/thestinger/termite#termite-is-obsoleted-by-alacritty for more details.

[zoj613]

@thestinger thanks for your work on termite. I've thoroughly enjoyed using it. I will follow the recommendations and try out alacritty.