Hi Try Kerez : http://david.hautbois.free.fr/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=44&Itemid=43 David. Julian Toler wrote: > I am looking for a way to quickly and easily run some simple scripts - > the most immediate example is the one line scripts for switching USB > host mode on and off: > echo host > /sys/devices/platform/musb_hdrc/mode > and > echo otg > /sys/devices/platform/musb_hdrc/mode > > I really don't want to have to fire up the terminal and type these out > (and yes I know tab auto complete can speed this up, but this is still > not as easy as a menu item!) > > I am very much a noob so the following idea may be naive and may be > shot down immediately: > I am assuming I could create a menu item that would run a shell > script? Not sure whether these desktop files need to point at > executables or whether executable scripts are also OK? > > [Desktop Entry] > Version=1.0 > Encoding=UTF-8 ?? needed? > Name=MyShinyScript > Exec=/usr/bin/myscript.sh (or .py or whatever) > Icon=MyNiceIcon (I can create the correct transparent png) > Type=Application ?? needed? > StartupWMClass= ?? needed? > X-Osso-Type=application/x-executable ?? needed? > X-Osso-Service=com.nokia. ?? needed? > > I am guessing MyShinyScript would look something like: > > #!/bin/sh > echo host > /sys/devices/platform/musb_hdrc/mode > I know I must make the scripts executable with chmod +x > > Of course all this is probably going to be superceded by some kind > person who has set up Scratchbox and got their teeth into real > programming - a proper Maemo application which installs a simple host > mode on-off utility would seem to be a logical development, but in the > meanwhile, a scripted hack would be good for me! > > Please could somebody tell me if my mad idea will work or whether I > should go home and start proper application development? > > Cheers > > J > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users at maemo.org > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > -- Web site : http://david.hautbois.free.fr Tablet users map : http://david.hautbois.free.fr/maps/index.php
