Eclipse - Running programs not in the native eclipse console

Question

I\'m currently writing some ncurses code and the native Eclipse (3.2.2) console can\'t display its graphics. I\'d instead like to run the program through xterm. What I want

Answer 1

Annon add to his question:

its a pain to keep switching back and forth from eclipse and the terminal. I'm looking for a way to just hit something like"F5" and have it run my ncurses program in a new xterm terminal process

The simplest way to do that is to report the command line into an external tool configuration, and point eclipse to use a shell (like described in this program)

In the argument, you will add the command line eclipse execute (command line which can be retrieved as mentioned in the second part of this answer below).
Of course, replace 'cmd.exe' by the shell of your choice, and try not setting the 'Allocate Console' checkbox in the Common tab of that external launcher.

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To launch through a xterm, without eclipse involved (not what you are asking for, just keep here for archive)

You can launch your program through Eclipse (Run Configurations), and observe through a 'ps' command the exact Java command line used.
Or launch it in debug mode, and right click the task in Debug view and open Properties. It will show the command line, as documented here.

Then launch that command line directly in your console (Eclipse being not involved at all at this point).