Launch Terminal

Adam_Meyer · November 25, 2015, 3:10am

How can I launch the Terminal app and execute a command? I want the user to be able to see the results.

Thanks!

DaveS · November 25, 2015, 3:28am

Use SHELL and SHELL.RESULTS

Kem_Tekinay · November 25, 2015, 3:29am

This seems somewhat unusual, but if you’re sure that’s what you really want

How about AppleScript? Something like:

tell app "Terminal"
  do script scriptOrApp
end tell

But typically, Dave’s suggestion is how you’d handle it.

Adam_Meyer · November 25, 2015, 3:30am

Sorry, I should have clarified. I want to launch Terminal, then close my Xojo app. The Terminal script will download the latest version of the app, then re-launch.

Kem_Tekinay · November 25, 2015, 3:38am

Ah. This is not a simple problem, but fortunately one I’ve already solved across platforms. Have you looked into the open-source Kaju project?

https://github.com/ktekinay/Kaju

Tim_Parnell · November 25, 2015, 7:34am

If for some reason you absolutely must launch terminal you can write the script as a .sh in text edit, set it as executable with chmod, and then when you launch it with folderitem.launch the terminal should open.

But I would recommend Kem’s updater.