1 files changed, 64 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/core/utils.vala b/src/core/utils.vala
index bb117d8..1904bbc 100644
--- a/src/core/utils.vala
+++ b/src/core/utils.vala
@@ -112,6 +112,70 @@ namespace Synapse
       }
     }
 
+    public static void open_command_line (string command, string? app_name = null, bool needs_terminal = false)
+    {
+      AppInfoCreateFlags using_terminal = AppInfoCreateFlags.NONE;
+      string commandline = command;
+      string? application_name = app_name;
+
+      if (needs_terminal)
+      {
+        var schema = GLib.SettingsSchemaSource.get_default ().lookup ("org.gnome.desktop.default-applications.terminal", true);
+        if (schema != null)
+        {
+          var settings = new GLib.Settings.full (schema, null, null);
+          application_name = settings.get_string ("exec");
+        }
+
+        if (Environment.find_program_in_path ("x-terminal-emulator") != null)
+        {
+          // try to determine default terminal application and make exceptions
+          try {
+            Regex regex = new Regex ("[a-zA-Z0-9-_]*");
+
+            Process.spawn_command_line_sync ("sh -c \"cat \\\"$(which x-terminal-emulator)\\\" | grep @ | cut -d$ -f1\"",
+                          out application_name);
+
+            if (!regex.match (application_name))
+              application_name = "x-terminal-emulator";
+
+          } catch (Error e) {
+            warning ("Error: %s\n", e.message);
+            application_name = "x-terminal-emulator";
+          }
+        }
+
+        if (application_name == null)
+          using_terminal = AppInfoCreateFlags.NEEDS_TERMINAL;
+      }
+
+      if (application_name != null)
+        switch (application_name) {
+          case "terminator":
+            commandline = "%s -x \"%s\"".printf (application_name, commandline);
+            break;
+          case "aterm":
+            commandline = "%s -e %s".printf (application_name, commandline);
+            break;
+          // case "gnome-terminal":
+          // case "x-terminal-emulator":
+          default:
+            commandline = "%s -e '%s'".printf (application_name, commandline);
+            break;
+        }
+
+      try
+      {
+        debug (commandline);
+        AppInfo app = AppInfo.create_from_commandline (commandline, application_name, using_terminal);
+        app.launch (null, Gdk.Display.get_default ().get_app_launch_context ());
+      }
+      catch (Error err)
+      {
+        warning ("%s", err.message);
+      }
+    }
+
     public static string extract_type_name (Type obj_type)
     {
       string obj_class = obj_type.name ();