Any plain text format is fine. I use .lst dictionaries but .txt work just as well.

As far as the sudo command goes, each xterm launched in ubuntu was a child window and retained all directories and permissions of the parent. However in Maemo, each xterm is a completely new entity based in the /home/user directory and as a normal user.

I'll try rewriting the code to pipe it through to the sudo gainroot command as suggested earlier. Not in the mood now though, I just found out that my girlfriend of 3 years cheated on me so I am a bit preoccupied