On Sat, 2002-03-09 at 16:20, Seedkum Aladeem wrote: > Or you can define an alias in your shell rc file. This way you can start > openoffice from the command line. > > For csh the line would go in the .cshrc file in your "home" directory and it > will be: > > alias soffice /OpenOffice.org641/soffice > > This way whever you type "soffice &" in a terminal window, Open Office gets > started.
I tried this, using the .bashrc file in my home directory as follows: # User specific aliases and functions alias soffice ./OpenOffice.org641/soffice But when I try it, I get an error message: bash: soffice: command not found I must be missing something. Regards, Chuck > Seedkum > > On Friday 08 March 2002 09:56 pm, Ricardo Castanho de O. Freitas wrote: > > On 9 Mar 2002, Charles Muller wrote: > > > > Using KDE I just made a 'icon' to it. > > Right click I select something like make new application link and fill in > > the blanks! > > Sorry, I don't have the 'correct' steps 'cause I'm not using mdk8.1 in > > English! > > > > Ricardo Castanho > > > > >I installed OpenOffice 6.41 using the tarball, and it works fine. > > >However, it is slightly inconvenient to use, since each time I have to > > >open the console, change directories to /OpenOffice.org641 and then type > > >./soffice. Is there a way of simplifying this process? > > >Regards, > > >Chuck > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Charles Muller Toyo Gakuen University Digital Dictionary of Buddhism and CJK-English Dictionary www.acmuller.net
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