[maemo-developers] use shell script to start application
Hi, I have hildonized gpsdrive a bit and want it to appear in the task navigator after startup. For the following PWD=/var/lib/install. gpsdrive has to be started via the script "usr/bin/gpsdrive.sh". If I specify this file in the .desktop file, gpsdrive can be started in the correct way from the menu and via "run-standalone.sh usr/bin/gpsdrive.sh" but doesn't show up in the task navigator. If I specify ".../usr/bingpsdrive" (the binary executable) in the .desktop file, only the application is startet broken (needed parts from the script are not executed) BUT it shows up in the task navigator after that. If I start it vi run-standalone.sh everyting is fine (e.g. correct startup AND showing in task navigator). How can I fix this? Greets, Jonek. ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
Re: [maemo-developers] use shell script to start application
On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 15:18 +0100, Johannes Eickhold wrote:
> I have hildonized gpsdrive a bit and want it to appear in the task
> navigator after startup.
>
> For the following PWD=/var/lib/install.
>
> gpsdrive has to be started via the script "usr/bin/gpsdrive.sh".
>
> If I specify this file in the .desktop file, gpsdrive can be started in
> the correct way from the menu and via "run-standalone.sh
> usr/bin/gpsdrive.sh" but doesn't show up in the task navigator.
>
> If I specify ".../usr/bingpsdrive" (the binary executable) in
> the .desktop file, only the application is startet broken (needed parts
> from the script are not executed) BUT it shows up in the task navigator
> after that. If I start it via run-standalone.sh everyting is fine (e.g.
> correct startup AND showing in task navigator).
>
> How can I fix this?
Since nobody answerd my question yet I'm going to share my thoughts with
you I had in the meantime.
First a thx to Florian Boor for pointing me to
http://maemo.org/platform/docs/tutorials/Maemo_tutorial.html#Automatic-connection
which seems to descibe what I want to achieve. It says: "... This
my_application.sh is then started from the desktop file where the runnable
binary is normally specified. Read more about desktop files from this earlier
chapter. ..." That leads to the question HOW to start the _script_ if Exec
specifies the _binary_ ("gpsdrive.sh" vs. "gpsdrive")? That's not described in
the referenced section.
Every time I specified the binary in Exec, only the binary was started.
Result: icon in task navigator but no script execution. Every time I
specified the script in Exec, only the script was executed. Result: no
icon in task navigator.
I tried this inside scratchbox and on the real device. After each change
to the desktop file maemo had to be restarted what I did.
So far the only possible solution seems to be to move the work done by
the script into the binary which in my opinion is ugly.
I realy would like to get enlightened!
Thanks, Jonek.
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Re: [maemo-developers] use shell script to start application
Hi, Johannes Eickhold wrote: > Every time I specified the binary in Exec, only the binary was started. > Result: icon in task navigator but no script execution. Every time I > specified the script in Exec, only the script was executed. Result: no > icon in task navigator. its even more complex: Gaim e.g. is using a script for startup too and this one works properly. Greetings Florian -- The dream of yesterday Florian Boor is the hope of todayTel: 0271-771091-14 and the reality of tomorrow.Fax: 0271-771091-19 [Robert Hutchings Goddard, 1904][EMAIL PROTECTED] 6C 44 30 4C 43 20 6B 61 16 07 0F AA E6 97 70 A8 ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
Re: [maemo-developers] use shell script to start application
On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 12:37:03PM +0100, Johannes Eickhold wrote: > > gpsdrive has to be started via the script "usr/bin/gpsdrive.sh". > > If I specify this file in the .desktop file, gpsdrive can be started in > > the correct way from the menu and via "run-standalone.sh > > usr/bin/gpsdrive.sh" but doesn't show up in the task navigator. > > > > If I specify ".../usr/bingpsdrive" (the binary executable) in > > the .desktop file, only the application is startet broken (needed parts > > from the script are not executed) BUT it shows up in the task navigator > > after that. If I start it via run-standalone.sh everyting is fine (e.g. > > correct startup AND showing in task navigator). > > > > How can I fix this? For me it works when I add the name of the binary (in this case gpsdrive) to the StartupWMClass field of the .desktop file. According to the tutorial, StartupWMClass is needed "when binary name is different than D-BUS service name". Based on my experiments it is also needed if there is no X-Osso-Service field in the .desktop file. To my knowledge, StartupWMClass should actually match the WM_CLASS property of the application, which usually is the name of the binary but not always. I recently had a similar problem where the application had a weird WM_CLASS that differed from the binary name. How this thing connects to the shell script issue, I don't know. Br, Jari -- Jari Tenhunen, stardate [-29]5191.33 :wq ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
Re: [maemo-developers] use shell script to start application
Just a wild guess. Did you change the .service file to reference the shell script too?
On 1/20/06, Johannes Eickhold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 15:18 +0100, Johannes Eickhold wrote:> I have hildonized gpsdrive a bit and want it to appear in the task
> navigator after startup.>> For the following PWD=/var/lib/install.>> gpsdrive has to be started via the script "usr/bin/gpsdrive.sh".>> If I specify this file in the .desktop file, gpsdrive can be started in
> the correct way from the menu and via "run-standalone.sh> usr/bin/gpsdrive.sh" but doesn't show up in the task navigator.>> If I specify ".../usr/bingpsdrive" (the binary executable) in
> the .desktop file, only the application is startet broken (needed parts> from the script are not executed) BUT it shows up in the task navigator> after that. If I start it via run-standalone.sh everyting is fine (
e.g.> correct startup AND showing in task navigator).>> How can I fix this?Since nobody answerd my question yet I'm going to share my thoughts withyou I had in the meantime.First a thx to Florian Boor for pointing me to
http://maemo.org/platform/docs/tutorials/Maemo_tutorial.html#Automatic-connection which seems to descibe what I want to achieve. It says: "... This my_application.sh is then started from the desktop file where the runnable binary is normally specified. Read more about desktop files from this earlier chapter. ..." That leads to the question HOW to start the _script_ if Exec specifies the _binary_ ("
gpsdrive.sh" vs. "gpsdrive")? That's not described in the referenced section.Every time I specified the binary in Exec, only the binary was started.Result: icon in task navigator but no script execution. Every time I
specified the script in Exec, only the script was executed. Result: noicon in task navigator.I tried this inside scratchbox and on the real device. After each changeto the desktop file maemo had to be restarted what I did.
So far the only possible solution seems to be to move the work done bythe script into the binary which in my opinion is ugly.I realy would like to get enlightened!Thanks, Jonek.___
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Re: [maemo-developers] use shell script to start application
On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 13:58 +0100, Henry Tang wrote: > Just a wild guess. Did you change the .service file to reference the > shell script too? So far gpsdrive has no .service file at all because it doesn't integrate with dbus. Although that could be a feature request. Greets, Jonek. ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
