On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Word Wizard <[email protected]> wrote: > Two things I hope can help > > - Regards the terminal app, one can define a keyboard shortcut to invoke > it. Go to system settings, then to keyboard, the second tab should say > "shortcuts". From there, the "launchers" group has a "terminal" app for > which almost any keystroke can be defined. This can also work for any > user-created app as well. > > - Regards creating new launch items, I've found it useful to add the > 'alacarte' app from either synaptic (my preference) or the software > store or apt-get. This is the old *gnome2* menu editor, invaluable for > adding new menu items or changing the default options on existing ones. > Other than that, you must manually create or edit a new "desktop" file > in the usr/share/applications or ~/.local/share/applications folders. > Which is often too troublesome for many users > > On 01/22/2013 08:16 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: >> ... >> I want to create a new launch item in the launcher, specifically >> gnome-terminal -e virtualbox.... >> Thanks, >> -Denis
I found your pointing to usr/share/applications a help. I copied terminal to the desktop, edited the properties to invoke the command I desired, then moved the icon on the desktop to the launcher. Works, but needs some cleaning up: icon change, control the launched terminal behavior and size, etc. I have yet to try the menu editor. But this is progress. -Denis _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
