Ubuntu – How to add vte terminal widget in GTK3

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I'm trying to add vte widget in my application and the examples I've found use .fork_command() to execute a command in that widget.
But according to

http://developer.gnome.org/vte/0.26/VteTerminal.html#vte-terminal-fork-command

it was deprecated and it's recommended to use fork_command_full(). Which needs eight mandatory arguments. Haven't they heard the "defaults" word? I've been able to construct lines that work somehow:

pty_flags = vte.PtyFlags(0)
terminal.fork_command_full(pty_flags, "/home/int", ("/bin/bash", ), "", 0, None, None)

Yes, I know about the enums, I just hope that I'm doing this completely wrong and there is a much easier way. Do you know any?

P.S. I'm using quickly with the default ubuntu-application template.

P.P.S. The import line is from gi.repository import Vte as vte

Best Answer

Here a basic example:

#!/usr/bin/env python

from gi.repository import Gtk, Vte
from gi.repository import GLib
import os

terminal     = Vte.Terminal()
terminal.spawn_sync(
    Vte.PtyFlags.DEFAULT,
    os.environ['HOME'],
    ["/bin/sh"],
    [],
    GLib.SpawnFlags.DO_NOT_REAP_CHILD,
    None,
    None,
    )

win = Gtk.Window()
win.connect('delete-event', Gtk.main_quit)
win.add(terminal)
win.show_all()

Gtk.main()
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