I am using freecad. As installed via a package from Ubuntu it has no icon for gui execution. It would be a minor convenience if I could create such. As it is now I launch a terminal, type "freecad" and I am off and running. I thought I could just go to /usr/bin/freecad, create a link, and be done. But /usr/bin/freecad is a link to a link to a link to who knows what. None of that chain permits a link.
So how about a batch file to do what I do by typing in a terminal? Well it has been a few years since I have messed with bash. I have created an executable script file names FCad.sh and a link thereto. The script contains just the command "freecad". The link opens the script in gedit. I expect that everybody reading this is saying "well, duh!" So how do I do what I want? There is an additional desire: When I execute the command "freecad" from a terminal, error messages generated during the running of freecad show up in the terminal. Those messages can be useful. So I would like those messages to be available when I run freecad from my link. Is there a simple way to get what I want, or should I be content to launch freecad from a terminal? Thanks, -Denis _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
