Tony: We are up and running!!! Thanks for your help and patience. I have several last questions:
1. When I originally set up the new .desktop file, I specified a quick test icon. When I later edited the file from 'Icon=zoom.png' to 'Icon=parts.png', the old icon continues to display on the desktop. How do I change it? 2. The text window that displays my application is a fixed size that is almost too small to read. I have a 15" Monitor, set to 800x600x24m colors. The text window size is 8"x5.5". If I click on the full screen button, the window fills the screen, but the text size is the same and still fits in an 8"x5.5" area. Is there a way to make the text larger? 3. When I went to add the .desktop file to my other users, I found that there was no .gnome-desktop directory (or any other gnome directories) in their home directories. Why is that, and how can I add them? 4. Where can I find documentation or man pages on the valid settings for the .desktop file, and the valid colors? Thanks again for the help. The application is running great!!! Billy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Billy Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 2:57 PM Subject: Re: Fw: Running text based application in a Window > Thanks for your continuing help Tony. Looks like I took 2 steps forward and > one step backward. While testing the 'gnome-terminal -x myprogram' > approach, I discovered that I could add > '--background=BLUE --foreground=WHITE' and I got nice colors in the text > window, instead of black and white. With the new approach (.desktop file in > user/.gnome-desktop), I have lost the colors. However, my application > program does run when I click on the icon. My current questions are: > > 1. Is there a way to add color lines to the [Desktop Entry] file to get my > colors back? > > 2. When I log onto the gnome window as 'parts', the 'Start Here' window is > automatically open, and I have to close it to be able to see my 'Parts Dept' > icon. Can I change this to not display the 'Start Here' window unless I > click on the 'Start Here' icon? > > 3. After reading your note on .bash_profile, I removed my .profile file from > the 'parts' users directory, and re-enabled .bash_profile, adding the switch > settings to it, from the .profile file. For example, I have a lot of > switches like this: > INVENTORY=TRUE > BINNUMS=TRUE > MULTICOST=FALSE > DATADIR=/parts/data > etc. > > 4. After logging onto gnome as 'parts', with .bash_profile modified and > enabled, clicking on the 'Parts Dept' icon will briefly display a black and > white empty text window, and then will immediately close. Opening a regular > terminal window and testing for my switches (ie, echo $INVENTORY), confirms > that they are not set. Restoring things back to using the .profile allows > the application to come up properly. Why will .bash_profile not work? > > Again, thanks for your help. I think I am close on this. > Billy Davis > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Anthony E. Greene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 8:46 PM > Subject: Re: Fw: Running text based application in a Window > > > > On 22-Jan-2003/14:12 -0500, Billy Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I have been playing with variations of your notes and now have a much > > >better feel for what I really want. I would like to have user 'parts' > > >log into an xwindow screen and see the normal gnome screen. Then, I > > >would like to add an icon the says 'Parts Dept'. When the icon is > > >clicked on, I would like the parts application (ie, myprogram) to > > >execute. So, my real question is, how do I add a fresh icon and startup > > >script file to the gnome window? > > > > I actually started to suggest this, but then decided to answer the > > question that you asked. > > > > All you have to do is place a .desktop file in each user's ~/.Desktop > > directory. The file might look like this: > > > > [Desktop Entry] > > Name=Acme Parts Wizard > > Comment=parts database > > Exec=partswiz > > Icon=/usr/local/share/pixmaps/partswiz.png > > Terminal=true > > MultipleArgs=false > > Type=Application > > > > > > >Also, some time back, I found that .bash_profile in the users home > > >directory would not allow me to start the text based application > > >properly. > > > > I'm not sure why that is. I just tried it with mc, and it worked fine. > > Using the code I posted, I was able to have mc start automatically in a > > console login or in a terminal window when logging in via gdm. At first I > > tried running it as a background task. That works in a terminal window, > > but not at the console. > > > > Tony > > -- > > Anthony E. Greene <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]%3E> > > OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 239D > > AOL/Yahoo Messenger: TonyG05 HomePage: <http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/> > > Linux. The choice of a GNU generation <http://www.linux.org/> > > > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
