urxvte -e is not working

crabmeat · 2010-07-26 09:49:53

Hi there, i have a problem with urxvte

i want a desktop shortcut which launches a urxvte terminal an starts vim with some settings.

iam using xfce, so i create a new shortcut and for command i enter:

urxvt -e "vim -c ':colorscheme ir_black'"

so this is not working, the windows is instantly closed, then i tried

urxvt -hold -e "vim -c ':colorscheme ir_black'"

the window is keeping there, but it says

urxvt: unable to exec child.

the funny thing is, that

urxvt -e "vim"

is working, but any vim call with parameter ( i tried "vim --version" etc) is not.

can anybody help?

ablepharus · 2010-07-26 10:09:48

Remove the "

archman-cro · 2010-07-26 10:09:57

I don't have vim installed, but I've tried some options with nano. Try doing urxvt -e vim options. So, without any quotation marks.

crabmeat · 2010-07-26 10:16:38

this is working, very nice.

thanks

Ogion · 2010-07-26 10:52:30

Btw, you know that you can define your colorscheme in a ~/.vimrc ? Just that line

colorscheme ir_black

(If you knew that and have good reasons to start vim like you did above then just ignore me )

Ogion

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