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Re: Adding a program to the menu [SOLVED]

dummy@example.com (xaber) — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:32:44 +0000

Don't worry Anon! ;)

Re: Adding a program to the menu [SOLVED]

dummy@example.com (anonymous) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:50:07 +0000

Oh sorry. Usually its the OP who asks to have a thread marked as SOLVED.

Re: Adding a program to the menu [SOLVED]

dummy@example.com (xaber) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:43:01 +0000

Sorry anonymous but I can't understand you: this is not a thread I started... And if I edit my reply I can't see a title to edit!

Re: Adding a program to the menu [SOLVED]

dummy@example.com (anonymous) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:00:53 +0000

@xaber - if you edit your first post, you can also edit the title.

Re: Adding a program to the menu [SOLVED]

dummy@example.com (xaber) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:47:53 +0000

Please add [SOLVED] to the title!
Thanks!

Re: Adding a program to the menu [SOLVED]

dummy@example.com (johnraff) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:24:42 +0000

anonymous wrote:

If you run "exec program" in a terminal then when you close the program the terminal will be closed as well.

Hey, so it will! Learn something every day. Still trying to get a grip on exec, and that added a piece to the puzzle. :)

Re: Adding a program to the menu [SOLVED]

dummy@example.com (anonymous) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:51:27 +0000

I tried "exec terminator" in my Openbox menu and it didn't work. However I don't think exec should be used anyways.

exec man page wrote:

If exec is specified with command, it shall replace the shell with command without
creating a new process. If arguments are specified, they shall be arguments to
command. Redirection affects the current shell execution environment.

If you run "exec program" in a terminal then when you close the program the terminal will be closed as well.

Re: Adding a program to the menu [SOLVED]

dummy@example.com (ct2020) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:45:30 +0000

benj1 wrote:

i can't see why using the file that contains 'exec /opt/openoffice.org3/program/soffice "$@"' wouldn't work, but failing that just
'/opt/openoffice.org3/program/soffice'
sould do the trick

Thanks! that worked. Not sure why it wouldn't work the other day. Has anyone changed the menu using the exec command line and had it work?

Re: Adding a program to the menu [SOLVED]

dummy@example.com (benj1) — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:49:20 +0000

i can't see why using the file that contains 'exec /opt/openoffice.org3/program/soffice "$@"' wouldn't work, but failing that just
'/opt/openoffice.org3/program/soffice'
sould do the trick

Adding a program to the menu [SOLVED]

dummy@example.com (ct2020) — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:11:29 +0000

Hi guys. N00bie here. I just put CrunchEEE on a Asus EEE pc 701 4gb and really enjoying it. Problem is I don't know linux that well. I've managed to play around and get OpenOffice running (need it for power point) and get a external monitor working. I even did the tweaks for CPU usage.

I don't find using the terminal command to launch the program very friendly so I set about following the instructions from this page:

http://crunchbanglinux.org/wiki/howto/f … o_the_menu

I think I followed them correctly, but when I hit the option in the menu it doesn't do anything...

This is the command line I find in /usr/bin:

exec /opt/openoffice.org3/program/soffice "$@"

and when I put that in the terminal it works fine. So that is the command I used in the GUI Menu Editor. It didn't work. Can anyone think about what I did wrong?

Thanks in advance