A method to run a RIP build from a desktop icon is to create a custom desktop icon and a helper script that sets up the required environment.
For example, a custom desktop file: $ cat ~/Desktop/f_rip.desktop [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Type=Application Name=F_RIP Comment= Exec=/home/myusername/bin/f_rip.sh Icon= Path= Terminal=false StartupNotify=false The helper script for a RIP build (located in /data/f/linuxcnc-dev): $ cat /home/myusername/bin/f_rip.sh #!/bin/bash cd /data/f/linuxcnc-dev source scripts/rip-environment xterm -e linuxcnc Notes: 1) Processing of .desktop files doesn't seem to support tilde (~) expansion on the system i tried, hence the explicit use of /home/myusername/... 2) The use of a terminal (xterm) allows display of console messages. 3) Startup of ancillary commands from a terminal (for example halscope, halcmd, sim_pin, halshow, etc.) for simultaneous usage with the running LinuxCNC will require proper sourcing of the rip-environment script in the invoking shell! -- Dewey Garrett ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
