GAMBAS-BOOK 3.19.5

When you call this method from a Gambas program, a terminal is started that corresponds to the active desktop:

KDE   → konsole
Gnome → gnome-terminal
LXDE  →	lxterminal
Xfce  → xfce4-terminal

Static Sub OpenTerminal ( [ Dir As String ] )

You can optionally specify a start directory as a parameter. If you do not specify this, the home directory is automatically selected as the start directory:

Figure 15.1.4.1: Start Gnome terminal with the start directory ~/DBT

When specifying the source code like the following, make sure that the start directory is optional/:

Public Sub OpenTerminal(Optional sDirectory As String)
  Desktop.OpenTerminal(sDirectory)
End ' OpenTerminal(..)
 
Public Sub btnOpenTerminal_Click()
  OpenTerminal(User.Home &/ "DBT")
End ' btnOpenTerminal_Click()

After closing the terminal, continue working in the Gambas program.