Hi, thanks a lot for sending your example, it worked too for me! I think maybe the problem is realated to the environment in which my Java app should run is not the same if I launch the script directly than if I launch the script using the desktop icon :( i'll keep on trying regards, e* El miÃ, 25-02-2004 a las 21:51, Mariano SuÃrez-Alvarez escribiÃ: > Hi! > > On Tue, 2004-02-24 at 18:02 +0100, Esther Parrilla Endrino wrote: > > > I have created a desktop icon in my $HOME/.gnome-desktop folder that > > launches a bash shell script, the code inside the *.desktop file is > > something like: > > > > [Desktop Entry] > > Name=dummy > > Comment=dummy Script > > Exec=/home/foo/script.sh > > Type=Application > > > > 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... > > I have just created a test.desktop file in my ~/Desktop directory, whith > the following contents: > > [Desktop Entry] > Encoding=UTF-8 > Version=1.0 > Type=Application > Exec=/home/mariano/test.sh > TryExec= > X-GNOME-DocPath= > Terminal=false > Name[en_US]=test > GenericName[en_US]= > Comment[en_US]= > > and an executable file /hime/mariano/test.sh with the contents > > #!/usr/bin/bash > exec gnome-about > > and clicking on the desktop launcher Worksâ. > > A remark: 1) the Terminal field should be false, unless the script will > run _in_ a terminal: in your case, your script ends with an > âexec some-appâ line, which ends the shell, and makes the containing > terminal to end, too; indeed, you clearly do not want to have a terminal > while your app is running. 2) your script should probably not rely on > having the current working directory set to anything useful, and > explicitely set it doing a âcd /here/is/where/I/want/to/beâ before > exec'ing the java app. Saying â-classpath .â obviously depends on the > current directory; I don't think this is your problem, but it wont > hurt ;) > > HTH, > > -- m > > PS: I am running GNOME 2.5.HEAD, and some things have changed, but they > should not matter much, I guess. > > > -- > Mariano SuÃrez-Alvarez <msuarezalvarez@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > -- ~ Code matters more than comercials ~ -- _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
