set[ug]id. All privs-requiring pty operations are done at the very
start of the run, then privs are dropped before initialising GTK.
Utmp is handled by forking a still-privileged subprocess at this
point, and later asking it (through a pipe) to stamp utmp. The
subprocess cleans up utmp on exit, which has the additional
advantage that if the main pterm process suffers some sort of
unexpected termination (up to and including SIGKILL) the subprocess
can still mop up utmp.
[originally from svn r2082]
login shell or not. Also moved these new pieces of configuration
into the Config structure, though they won't stay there forever
since they will need to be moved out into platform-dependent config.
[originally from svn r2060]
terminals right. Irritatingly this was working when run from another
[xsp]term but not when run from my GNOME panel. I think it's now
more robust.
[originally from svn r2041]
loopback interface; pterm now runs $SHELL and gives every impression
of being not a bad terminal emulator. I'm quite pleased with that. :-)
[originally from svn r2015]
The current pty.c backend is temporarily a loopback device for
terminal emulator testing, the display handling is only just enough
to show that terminal.c is functioning, the keyboard handling is
laughable, and most features are absent. Next step: bring output and
input up to a plausibly working state, and put a real pty on the
back to create a vaguely usable prototype. Oh, and a scrollbar would
be nice too.
In _theory_ the Windows builds should still work fine after this...
[originally from svn r2010]