#! /bin/sh

# Start new xterm session asynchronously
# Options:
#       1) name of application (defaults to $SHELL)
#       2) name of DISPLAY
# 3 ... 9) additional parameters for xterm

# search for DISPLAY variable or file containing DISPLAY name

if [ x$2 = x ]
then
  if [ x$DISPLAY != x ]
  then
    dis=$DISPLAY
  elif [ -f $HOME/.Xdisplay ]
  then
    dis=`cat $HOME/.Xdisplay`
  else
    echo unable to determine DISPLAY >&2
    exit 1
  fi
else
  dis=$2
fi

# determine remaining parameters for xterm call

if [ x$1 = x ]
then
  nam=`hostname`
  cmd=$SHELL
else 
  nam=$1
  cmd=$1
fi

# start xterm session

xterm $3 $4 $5 $6 $7 $8 $9 -n $nam -T $nam -si -sl 320 -display $dis $geo -e /bin/sh -c "stty cs8 -istrip; exec $cmd" &