Thanks. Your approach got me to asking Ubuntu for desktop file creation. I managed to get it done.
On Sun, Nov 3, 2019 at 7:55 PM Michael Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Nov 3, 2019 at 6:43 PM Denis Heidtmann <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > 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 > > > > I'm not much of a purist or expert programmer. When I have an executable I > want to launch from the desktop, I open a terminal and go into ~/Desktop > and look at the various .desktop files. I then copy one to another file > like new.program.desktop and edit it with the information on the new > program. Save it, make it executable by all, close your terminal and it > should be on the desktop. double click and away you go. > > I'm sure there will be a dozen responses saying how stupid of idea that is, > but I've been doing it for years and it works for me. > > HTH, > Michael > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
