Thread: Detect terminal emulator

hey,

have console application , i'm trying run instance of default terminal emulator, user can see output when program run within file manager.
right now, have this:

code:

const char* args[]={"gnome-terminal","-x",getexefilename().c_str(),"--nospawn",0}; execvp("gnome-terminal",const_cast<char**>(args));

this works. kinda.
problem creates terminal window when run terminal. , of course, fails when trying run outside of x environment.
there way reliably detect 2 situations in order avoid executing above code in cases?

i decided take advantage of fact output redirected .xsession-errors when program run file manager. in other cases, file name associated stdout /dev/ptsx or /dev/ttyx.

redirection .xsession-errors standard? file have same name on other (important) linux distributions?
edit: /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator? points wrapper script default terminal emulator on ubuntu, true other distributions?

works expected now, i'm not sure if work fedora, arch, opensuse, etc..

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