create a launcher for terminal apps?
 

Hi guys

I was wondering how can one create a shortcut to run a cli app. i created a .desktop file at /home/user/.local/share/applications/hildon/
which worked well for gui apps but i cant do it for term apps. I have been using this as the command:

osso-xterm -e COMMAND

but that dosent seem to work

can anyone point me in the right direction?

thx

Zeltak

Re: create a launcher for terminal apps?
 

work for me :
make a script with your commands : my_app.sh
put shortcut
my_app.desktop in /usr/share/applications/hildon

Exec=/usr/bin/osso-xterm "nohup /home/user/my_app.sh "&""

Re: create a launcher for terminal apps?
 

thx blue led

i got it working :)...so i have another related question. the shortcuts do appear on the main app view list but when i want to add a shortcut app to the desktop the custom created apps do not appear..anyway to address that?

thx


zeltak

Re: create a launcher for terminal apps?
 

you can add a custom my_icon.png to ( be shure is square 64 pixels )
./opt/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/hildon/

Icon=my_icon
Name=your_app_name

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