Cool - will grab it and give it a whirl! Cheers Julian On 29/12/2007, David Hautbois <david.hautbois at free.fr> wrote: > > 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 Of course all this is probably going to be superceded by some kind 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 > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-users/attachments/20071229/9330a76f/attachment.htm
