--- a/Filename.st	Fri Jun 06 15:03:27 2014 +0200
+++ b/Filename.st	Sat Jun 07 14:51:17 2014 +0200
@@ -4094,15 +4094,35 @@
 !
 
 openTerminal
-    "open a terminal window on the directory represented by the receiver.
-     On non-osx systems, an error is raised"
+    "open a terminal window on the directory represented by the receiver;
+     on osx, a terminal app is opened,
+     on windows a cmd.exe window,
+     on unix, an xterm is opened."
+
+    OperatingSystem isOSXlike ifTrue:[
+        "/ I dont know yet how to tell the terminal to
+        "/ go to a particular directory.
+        "/ therefore, use the built in terminal
+        VT100TerminalView openShellIn:self pathName.
+        ^ self.
+    ].
 
     [
+        |cmd|
+
         OperatingSystem isOSXlike ifTrue:[
-            OperatingSystem executeCommand:'/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app/Contents/MacOS/Terminal ' inDirectory:self pathName. 
+            cmd := '/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app/Contents/MacOS/Terminal ' 
         ] ifFalse:[
-            OperatingSystem executeCommand:'xterm ' inDirectory:self pathName. 
-        ]
+            OperatingSystem isMSWINDOWSlike ifTrue:[
+                cmd := 'c:\windows\System32\cmd.exe'        
+            ] ifFalse:[
+                "/ VT100TerminalView openShellIn:self pathName
+                cmd := 'xterm' 
+            ]
+        ].
+        OperatingSystem 
+            executeCommand:cmd
+            inDirectory:self pathName. 
     ] fork
 ! !
 
@@ -6140,11 +6160,11 @@
 !Filename class methodsFor:'documentation'!
 
 version
-    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/Filename.st,v 1.417 2014-05-26 18:32:32 stefan Exp $'
+    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/Filename.st,v 1.418 2014-06-07 12:51:17 cg Exp $'
 !
 
 version_CVS
-    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/Filename.st,v 1.417 2014-05-26 18:32:32 stefan Exp $'
+    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libbasic/Filename.st,v 1.418 2014-06-07 12:51:17 cg Exp $'
 ! !