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Topic: Adding a program to the menu [SOLVED]

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

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Re: Adding a program to the menu [SOLVED]

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

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Re: Adding a program to the menu [SOLVED]

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?

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Re: Adding a program to the menu [SOLVED]

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.

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Re: Adding a program to the menu [SOLVED]

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. smile

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Re: Adding a program to the menu [SOLVED]

Please add [SOLVED] to the title!
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Re: Adding a program to the menu [SOLVED]

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

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Re: Adding a program to the menu [SOLVED]

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!

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Re: Adding a program to the menu [SOLVED]

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

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Re: Adding a program to the menu [SOLVED]

Don't worry Anon! wink

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