Hi Todd, Due to your response I went to the tutorial again and went through every step in preparation to seeing what all I needed to post. Upon re-re-re reading the directions I saw what the author was implying (different from what he was saying) and did that and... it worked :) Thanks, David
On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 12:04 AM, Todd O'Bryan <[email protected]> wrote: > Can you post the .desktop file you created, and we'll see if there's a > problem. > > On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 8:47 AM, David Groos <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > A program that's very important to the other teachers and my own > classroom > > use is CmapTools. It has it's own graphical install but doesn't add > itself > > to a menu. I've made a launcher (that shows up on my own desktop) and > > CmapTools works great as a localapp (doesn't work well as a thin client > > app). I've worked to get this launcher in all users menu using "How To > Add > > an Item To The GNOME Menu For All Users" which is clear and I can follow, > > but even though I can accurately follow it, I can't get the menu item to > > show up in the menu. > > > > Would someone in the know look at that tutorial and see if they see a > flaw > > in it--maybe it needs a tweak for 10.04? Maybe a tweak for LTSP? > > > > Since I couldn't get it to work, for myself I finally made a launcher, > put > > it in a shared folder, had students, 'drag and drop it' onto their > desktop, > > open properties/permissions, check 'executable' box and then they could > use > > it. But that takes valuable science learning time and there are > practical > > problems (students absent, etc) so I really need a simpler solution > before > > the other teachers use it. > > > > Thanks, > > David > > > > -- > > edubuntu-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users > > > > >
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