need help with using a new terminal for my programs

hey all I wounder how I should take up new terminal for my programs to be runed in when I print ./program I have looked for some tuts but since I dont really know what I am looking for I havn´t had any succes oh and I`M using a text editor to make my code and then usea shell skript to compile it oh and I`M using C


/thx in advance


(this really looks like a newbie post doesn´t it?)

I simply whant a new window to pop up when I start the program and that the program will run in it.



(man thats a way smaller post for saying the same thing as my first one, I should have put it like this right away....)

how could you create a virtual cosole? no x's xterm.

Originally posted by vVv

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>

int main( ) {
  execl( "/usr/bin/xterm", "-e", "./prog", ( char* )0 );
  perror( "execl" );
}

Try something like this to run your program. Could even do that as shell script:

Code:

#!/bin/sh

/usr/bin/xterm -e ./prog

(Of course, your program is called ``prog'' here, and xterm is expected to reside in /usr/bin. Type ``whereis xterm'', if you don't know where it is)

I`m not complitly sure I understand this...(the shell sript pritty much confussed me) so this pice of code takes up a new window when I start my program and let the program take place in it instad of in the old terminal that I used to start it?

lol I`ll try it and thx for explaining :-)

this idea poped up...what if I wanna take up a new window while my program is running to just use some code in it like say that you um answer yes to a question then a new window pop ups and there it says "ok" or somthing like that...how do I do that?

where can I get those and some manuals for them?

Originally posted by vVv

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>

int main( ) {
  execl( "/usr/bin/xterm", "-e", "./prog", ( char* )0 );
  perror( "execl" );
}

it didint work...it compiled fine but when I tryed to execute it it sad no dirtorty or file for execl

ummm..welll...that was pritty big letters ya know...Im not sure where exelc is I`ll have a look around and I named my program prog just to be on the safe side if you would say anything like that but I still have the felling with wont work since when I tryed the clrscr it compile fine but told me the same thing when I tryed to execute it.