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authorSebastian Koslowski <koslowski@kit.edu>2014-11-02 19:14:07 +0100
committerSebastian Koslowski <koslowski@kit.edu>2014-11-02 19:14:07 +0100
commit8d62df788b01c76e47806f04dc6f064acda334ef (patch)
tree61611cfbfe34ca59a8ce3ee431e1eb69b0a856ec /grc/python/Generator.py
parent3f318477ae779ff4cd46728dd223ed092c5b5b1b (diff)
grc: fix xterm setting check
Diffstat (limited to 'grc/python/Generator.py')
-rw-r--r--grc/python/Generator.py6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/grc/python/Generator.py b/grc/python/Generator.py
index caf45fa3b1..4a496b7c0f 100644
--- a/grc/python/Generator.py
+++ b/grc/python/Generator.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import os
import sys
import subprocess
import tempfile
+from distutils.spawn import find_executable
from Cheetah.Template import Template
import expr_utils
from Constants import \
@@ -96,8 +97,9 @@ This is usually undesired. Consider removing the throttle block.''')
cmds = [python_exe, '-u', self.get_file_path()] # -u is unbuffered stdio
# when in no gui mode on linux, use a graphical terminal (looks nice)
- if self._generate_options == 'no_gui' and os.path.exists(XTERM_EXECUTABLE):
- cmds = [XTERM_EXECUTABLE, '-e'] + cmds
+ xterm_executable = find_executable(XTERM_EXECUTABLE)
+ if self._generate_options == 'no_gui' and xterm_executable:
+ cmds = [xterm_executable, '-e'] + cmds
p = subprocess.Popen(args=cmds, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=False, universal_newlines=True)
return p