Re: Non-kde app launcher in KDE4 F9?

2008-11-04 Thread Claude Jones
On Tue November 4 2008 4:58:40 pm Mike Cloaked wrote: > I have also now seen that if you add the FolderView Widget to > the desktop and then right click > on the grey area of FolderView you can select Create New -> > Link to Application - as well as other options. nice catch! I'd missed that one

Re: Non-kde app launcher in KDE4 F9?

2008-11-04 Thread Mike Cloaked
age in context: http://www.nabble.com/Non-kde-app-launcher-in-KDE4-F9--tp20294108p20332117.html Sent from the Fedora List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://f

Re: Non-kde app launcher in KDE4 F9?

2008-11-04 Thread Mike Cloaked
he first time I have seen an answer on this that really is simple and it works - am very pleased - thank you very much -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Non-kde-app-launcher-in-KDE4-F9--tp20294108p20331900.html Sent from the Fedora List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -

Re: Non-kde app launcher in KDE4 F9?

2008-11-04 Thread Rex Dieter
Claude Jones wrote: > On Sun November 2 2008 4:37:55 pm Mike wrote: >> I must have missed something I have been trying out KDE4 in a fully >> updated F9 system. >> > > Unless I'm missing something, what you seek to do is trivial. Right-click > on the application menu button on the left of the

Re: Non-kde app launcher in KDE4 F9?

2008-11-04 Thread Claude Jones
On Tue November 4 2008 4:10:22 am Mike Cloaked wrote: > I am away from my f9 machine at present - but I will try this in the next > day or so. Your info does relate to KDE4 in the kickoff menu, not KDE3.35 I > presume? If this will give the ability to add a link to a script to run > then this is wh

Re: Non-kde app launcher in KDE4 F9?

2008-11-04 Thread Mike Cloaked
or untarred to an area such as /opt/* If this will indeed create a new menu item in kickoff then getting an icon from there into the panel is easy. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Non-kde-app-launcher-in-KDE4-F9--tp20294108p20318578.html Sent from the Fedora

Re: Non-kde app launcher in KDE4 F9?

2008-11-03 Thread Claude Jones
On Sun November 2 2008 4:37:55 pm Mike wrote: > I must have missed something I have been trying out KDE4 in a fully > updated F9 system. > Unless I'm missing something, what you seek to do is trivial. Right-click on the application menu button on the left of the panel; select 'Menu Editor' an

Re: Non-kde app launcher in KDE4 F9?

2008-11-03 Thread Mike
Rex Dieter math.unl.edu> writes: > Create a .desktop file for it. It's not hard. > > I'm sure kde(4) will add a gui for doing that, but afaik, it's not there > yet, and not on the radar. Might be a fun itch to scratch for someone who > really wants that... hint hint. :) Indeed so Rex. Sure I

Re: Non-kde app launcher in KDE4 F9?

2008-11-03 Thread Rex Dieter
Mike wrote: > g bellsouth.net> writes: > >> have a look at; >> >> http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/KDE/2008-08/msg00030.html ... > As an example if I install a third party application such as Maple which > does not create any menu items to run it during the install process then > it is

Re: Non-kde app launcher in KDE4 F9?

2008-11-03 Thread g
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mike wrote: > Certainly for applications already in the menu for kickoff it is easy. have another look and note what i posted. [kde3] being lazy, any liking to keep cli terse, i wrote scripts for 'ifup eth1' and 'ifdown eth1' which i named 'ifu' and

Re: Non-kde app launcher in KDE4 F9?

2008-11-03 Thread Mike
g bellsouth.net> writes: > have a look at; > > http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/KDE/2008-08/msg00030.html Certainly for applications already in the menu for kickoff it is easy. However one functionality that I have relied on for years is to run a program from a bash script that is stor

Re: Non-kde app launcher in KDE4 F9?

2008-11-02 Thread g
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mike wrote: > I could not find how to set up an icon in the panel to launch an application have a look at; http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/KDE/2008-08/msg00030.html - -- tc,hago. g . in a free world without fences, who needs gates. lea

Non-kde app launcher in KDE4 F9?

2008-11-02 Thread Mike
I must have missed something I have been trying out KDE4 in a fully updated F9 system. I could not find how to set up an icon in the panel to launch an application that was compiled and stored but not in the list of applications available in the kickoff menus - it can be run using right clic