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AliasXZ
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 Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:19 pm Post subject: fluxbox question (solved) |
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Sorry for being a n00b guys but....
in my fluxbox menu, how can i make it so i can run things from a console? I have Xterm and Aterm installed...
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zsoltika
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 1:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | # man xterm
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-e program [ arguments ... ]
This option specifies the program (and its command line arguments) to be run in the xterm window. It also sets the window title and icon name to be the basename of the program being executed if neither -T nor -n are given on the command line.
This must be the last option on the command line. |
So e.g. would run Midnight commander in a terminal.
BTW check 'fluxbox-generate_menu' command as well...
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 1:01 pm Post subject: |
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Put a line like | Quote: | | [exec] (AlsaMixer) {urxvt -title alsamixer -e alsamixer} |
in your ~/.fluxbox/menu file ...
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PS: the '-e' part is the important one  |
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AliasXZ
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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AliasXZ
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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hmm another ques...
how do u cd to a directoy and then do a second command in the same console using the fluxbox menu?
I have wine and some games I have dont like running from the home dir, so i have to cd to the games dir, how would i those 2 commands off in the fluxbox menu file? 
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Use && between commands. |
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AliasXZ
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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thats what i thought - tried it but for some reason it didnt work,i have:
| Code: | | [exec] (Steam) {aterm -e cd /home/rich/c_drive/Program\ Files/Steam/ && wine STEAM.exe} |
do u need to put the -e arg before the cd, before wine or both?
cheers for help
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widremann
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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| AliasXZ wrote: | thats what i thought - tried it but for some reason it didnt work,i have:
| Code: | | [exec] (Steam) {aterm -e cd /home/rich/c_drive/Program\ Files/Steam/ && wine STEAM.exe} |
do u need to put the -e arg before the cd, before wine or both?
cheers for help |
Just quote the whole thing: {aterm -e "cd /home/rich/c_drive/Program\ Files/Steam/ && wine STEAM.exe"} |
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AliasXZ
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:32 pm Post subject: |
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cheers, I thought quoting wouldnt work because thats what you do in windows command prompt :p
thanks sorry for being n00by (having a bad day)
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