On 5/29/2009 12:23 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Fri, 29 May 2009 11:03:44 -0400 > Gene Heskett wrote: > >> And since kde4, we no longer have the >> name of the executable listed in the menu's, there seems to be no way to try >> such stuff from a cli to see what error falls out when it doesn't run. > > One bit of arcana worth knowing for just this situation is that all the > menu items correspond to .desktop files in the /usr/share/applications/ > directory. A grep -r in there will often dig up useful info, then once > you find the .desktop file, the "Exec" line in it gives the actual command > that is executed by the menu item. > > No doubt it should be easier to discover this stuff, but I find digging > through the applications directory is often the best way to discover > info I need :-).
The menu editor will also show what application is called by what menu selection. Along with any CLI switches if there are any. -- David -- fedora-list mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
