[Gretl-devel] Re: why "xterm -e R" in preferences?
On Mon, 26 Aug 2019, Sven S wrote:
I've just noticed that in gretl's preferences/configurations
the command
to start R is specified as "xterm -e R". This is a self-compiled version
under Linux Mint, but I'm relatively sure that I didn't write that
command. Actually, on this system xterm isn't even installed. So is this
intended?
Yes, "xterm -e R" is the factory default for interactive use of R
via gretl. Nowadays every Linux desktop variant seems to have its
own preferred terminal program but xterm is, so to speak,
"non-denominational". (It also happens to be my personal favourite
but that's not the point.)
As you say, easy enough to change it.
Allin