On 22-Jan-2003/14:12 -0500, Billy Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have been playing with variations of your notes and now have a much >better feel for what I really want. I would like to have user 'parts' >log into an xwindow screen and see the normal gnome screen. Then, I >would like to add an icon the says 'Parts Dept'. When the icon is >clicked on, I would like the parts application (ie, myprogram) to >execute. So, my real question is, how do I add a fresh icon and startup >script file to the gnome window?
I actually started to suggest this, but then decided to answer the question that you asked. All you have to do is place a .desktop file in each user's ~/.Desktop directory. The file might look like this: [Desktop Entry] Name=Acme Parts Wizard Comment=parts database Exec=partswiz Icon=/usr/local/share/pixmaps/partswiz.png Terminal=true MultipleArgs=false Type=Application >Also, some time back, I found that .bash_profile in the users home >directory would not allow me to start the text based application >properly. I'm not sure why that is. I just tried it with mc, and it worked fine. Using the code I posted, I was able to have mc start automatically in a console login or in a terminal window when logging in via gdm. At first I tried running it as a background task. That works in a terminal window, but not at the console. Tony -- Anthony E. Greene <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]%3E> OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 239D AOL/Yahoo Messenger: TonyG05 HomePage: <http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/> Linux. The choice of a GNU generation <http://www.linux.org/> -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
