TSE: Linux: Start TSE without terminal menu

[Guy Rouillier]

I am running Linux (Ubuntu MATE) full time now, since my favorite Windows
version - 7 - is so old that a bunch of stuff no longer works, and I don't
like Windows 11. I do run Windows 11 - unactivated and hence no cost - in a
VirtualBox VM within Linux so I can test various things in Windows, like TSE
for Windows.

I spend a lot of time in terminals, and by default I leave the menubar showing
as I occasionally use it. That doesn't work well with TSE Linux; instead of
alt-f bringing up the TSE File menu, it brings up the terminal File menu. I
can of course use escape-F, but that wastes my 30+ years of TSE muscle memory.

I found a workable solution. I use mainly mate-terminal, but I also tried
gnome-terminal in a Rocky Linux VM that I use to test compatibility in a
Redhat distro. Both of these have a --hide_menubar option to hide the
terminal menu bar; that allows the alt-f to get to the TSE File menu. The
following commands will open a new window with the menu bar hidden, and load
the supplied file name in TSE:

Ubuntu: mate-terminal --hide-menubar -- e filename.txt

Redhat: gnome-terminal --hide-menubar -- e filename.txt

The "-- e" invokes the TSE e binary inside the new terminal, passing it the
filename.txt argument.

I created a simple shell script so I can simply type "tse filename.txt" in
either Ubuntu or Redhat:

===
#!/usr/bin/bash
mate-terminal --hide-menubar -- e $1
===

Hope this helps someone.

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Guy Rouillier

[S.E. Mitchell]

Thanks for sharing this Guy - very useful information!

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[Guy Rouillier]

See the sample shell script line below. I found a way to supply multiple file
names and file names containing wildcards without having to double-quote the
entire set. My apologies if this seems elementary to those of you with
experienced Linux/Unix skills. I haven't had much need to write that many
shell scripts, so I have to learn as I go.

> either Ubuntu or Redhat. 
>
> [Update] Found an easy way to allow wildcards in the filename or multiple
> filename arguments.
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> #!/usr/bin/bash
> mate-terminal --hide-menubar -- e $@

[knud van eeden]

> Both of these have a --hide_menubar option to hide the
> terminal menu bar; that allows the alt-f to get to the TSE File menu.

Alright, that is worth investigating further some time

which total of keys now suddenly become available extra

to TSE.

One has thus more TSE key options available is assumed.

Of course assumed all terminal menu keys, but maybe some more.

Assumed thus also in other terminals beside the Semware recommended terminal

(which is used here).

with friendly greetings

Knud van Eeden

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