From: Esther Parrilla Endrino <esther.parrilla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > When I double click the icon in my desktop it does nothing! > I have tried too to create the icon not manually but using the desktop > options to create a new launcher and it does not work either... > > Is not possible to launch scripts from de Gnome desktop icons? Just > binary executable files such as /usr/bin/mozilla? Okay, I just tried this. 1. Create a simple script: $ cat ~/bin/launchtest #! /bin/ksh printenv > /tmp/launchtest.out $ chmod 755 ~/bin/launchtest $ ls -l /tmp/launchtest.out /tmp/launchtest.out: No such file or directory 2. Then I used the root menu New Laucher selection and gave the name of Desktop Test, with the command /home/mylogin/bin/launchtest . 3. I double click the launcher icon. 4. Things sit and run for a while, then complete. 5. $ ls -l /tmp/launchtest.out -rw-r--r-- 1 lwv26 dept26 9874 Feb 24 12:16 /tmp/launchtest.out So, it appears that, at least with SPARC Solaris GNOME 2.0 distribution, the answer is "yes, it is possible to launch scripts from Gnome desktop icons". -- Tcl - The glue of a new generation. <URL: http://wiki.tcl.tk/ > Larry W. Virden <mailto:lvirden@xxxxxxx> <URL: http://www.purl.org/NET/lvirden/> Even if explicitly stated to the contrary, nothing in this posting should be construed as representing my employer's opinions. -><- _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
