Re: execute run script from desktop or html

From: Martijn Lievaart (m_at_remove.this.part.rtij.nl)
Date: 05/01/05 

Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 22:36:36 +0200

On Sun, 01 May 2005 10:11:08 -0700, Scotty wrote:

> ***Disclaimer: UNIX / LINUX newbie!***
>
> I have a script that launches an application on my Linux machine
> (Fedora Core 3)
>
> Now, that script is buried deep, so I have a link to the directory in
> my home directory.
>
> The machine in question is going to be at a customer's site who knows
> nothing of Linux, so I wanted to make the script launch by double
> clicking "something" on the desktop.
>
> I tried making a link to it, no dice... so I tried to do it from a
> local html page on the desktop, but I cannot get that to work either.

In Gnome: rightclick desktop, choose add launcher.
In KDE: Dunno, but undoubtely very similar.

HTH,
M4 

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