Thread: API to Invoke the TERMINAL in UBUNTU

I know i am posting it in the wrong forum. I was totally confused to post this question in which forum.

I am trying to build and IDE for NASM in Java for Ubuntu.
There are other IDE's for NASM but they are in C or C++. So i thought i should try making one in Java.
Well i am done with the GUI part.

Could anyone tell me how should i link the NASM compiler to the IDE.
OR
There is another way like "DEV C++ IDE" does in Windows is that it invokes the CMD and runs it in that so i could try doing something like that by invoking the TERMINAL in Ubuntu and running it in that.

Does anyone have any idea how any one of my ideas can be realised. Does java have an API for this purpose.

Thankyou!

Originally Posted by Cornix

Try googling the "exec" method of Runtime or the process builder. Both allow you to call other programs.

Well i tried using the API you suggested. It works well.

But now there is a new problem!!!!
In windows all annotation for command prompt is cmd. So the word 'cmd' can be passed as a parameter.
But what should be passed as parameter to invoke the TERMINAL??
if i tried just passing 'terminal' but it didnt seem to work.

In short
command prompt -> cmd
terminal -> ???

Originally Posted by GregBrannon

Depending on the desktop your Ubuntu installation is using, the terminal or command window can be one of several possible terminal programs. Find out which terminal programs your desktop is using and call one of those.

Sorry for the dumb question but m new to Ubuntu...
How should i find out which terminal program i am using?

Originally Posted by GregBrannon

When I searched "ubuntu terminal," this is the first result. That page should help you identify and find the terminal program based on your chosen desktop environment. If not, there were several other search results that should help.

Thanks for the link.
But my friend figured out the solution.
To invoke the terminal in Ubuntu you needn't pass any special command 'cmd' in the getRuntime().exec() API like you have to do it in Windows.
You simply pass the executable file or anything you need to run in an array in the Runtime API.