Super :-) That's exactly what I was looking for.
Thank you very much Franck. Cordially Emmanuel Le mardi 16 novembre 2004 � 14:44 -0500, Frank D. Engel, Jr. a �crit : > On Nov 16, 2004, at 1:53 PM, Emmanuel Yves wrote: > > > Hi Franck, > > > > Thank you very much for your answer. > > > > You're right : I finally have let rev files in my home directory : I 'm > > not keen on changing writable rights on /opt directory ... > > > > In order to launch Revolution_Dreamcard executable, I also have created > > an executable file launcher (dream) in the same location > > (/home/emmanuel) : > > > > Created with the Vi editor, it launches the command > > /opt/Revolution_Dreamcard-2.5/revolution_dreamcard.sh > > > > and, of course, I have made a chmod +x command on this file. > > > > Otherwise, I'd like to know if it's possible to define in Dreamcard > > the /home/emmanuel directory as rev files directory by default, or, > > eventually, see to it that by clicking on (or, by typing in a terminal) > > *.rev files it launches automatically the revolution_dreamcard player. > > I > > hope you'll understand what I want to say, my english language isn't > > really perfect :-( > > I don't know about setting a default save directory (maybe someone else > can pitch in here?), but as far as opening .rev files when > double-clicked and from the terminal: > > From the terminal, you will need to specify the name of the file as a > command line argument to the Dreamcard program. So change your "dream" > shell script to run this instead: > > /opt/Revolution_Dreamcard-2.5/revolution_dreamcard.sh $1 > > This will have no effect when you just run the "dream" script w/o > command line arguments, but if you specify the name of a stack, it will > hand that off to Dreamcard, requesting that it be opened. So now you > can type something like this: > > dream myStack.rev > > to open the stack. > > For double-clicking, that depends on what desktop environment you use > (KDE, GNOME, etc.). You should probably look it up in the docs from > that environment (they all seem to keep track of this differently). > > > > > In all cases, thank you very much for your help > > > > Have a good afternoon ;-) > > > > Cordially > > > > Emmanuel Yves > > > > > > > > > > > > Le mardi 16 novembre 2004 � 09:25 -0500, Frank D. Engel, Jr. a �crit : > >> On Nov 16, 2004, at 4:26 AM, Emmanuel Yves wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I'm French and new user of Dreamcard that I have discovered and > >>> bought > >>> the past week. > >>> > >>> I have installed it on Linux Mandrake 10.1 with the rpm built and it > >>> works perfectly. > >>> > >>> Yet, I have a small problem : > >>> > >>> Since Dreamcard is installed is installed in the /opt directory, and > >>> when I launch it as a single user (not root), I can't create *.rev > >>> files under /opt/Revolution_dreamcard but only in my home directory > >>> (/home/emmanuel etc...). > >> > >> Yes, and this is generally a good thing. In a multiuser system, > >> allowing users to write into these common directories is asking for > >> trouble. Since UNIX (and therefore Linux) is designed to easily > >> support multiple users, allowing users to write into this directory is > >> a bad idea. > >> > >>> > >>> So, have I to modify the writable rights of this directory so that > >>> rev > >>> files may be written in this directory ? > >> > >> If you *really* want to do this, and there won't be a problem with > >> other users of the system (or there are no other users of the system), > >> you can do this from the terminal (note you must execute these > >> commands > >> as root): > >> > >> This allows all users of the system to write to the directory and all > >> of its subdirectories: > >> > >> chmod -R ugo+w /opt/Revolution_dreamcard > >> > >> Alternately, this changes the owner of the directory and its contents > >> to <username>, and ensures that the owner of the directory can write > >> to > >> it: > >> > >> chown -R <username> /opt/Revolution_dreamcard > >> chmod u+w /opt/Revolution_dreamcard > >> > >> > >>> > >>> Another question : > >>> > >>> In order to launch Dreamcard, I have to be placed into > >>> /opt/Revolution_dreamcard, and I don't know which command would allow > >>> me to launch it from, for instance, /home/emmanuel in a terminal ? > >>> Have I to create a link towards the executable > >>> Revolution_dreamcard.sh > >>> ? > >> > >> No, you just need to specify the full path to the binary. I don't > >> have > >> Rev for Linux, so fill in the rest of the name here, but if (for > >> example) the binary is stored in /opt/Revolution_dreamcard, and is > >> named Revolution_dreamcard, then start the program with the command: > >> > >> /opt/Revolution_dreamcard/Revolution_dreamcard > >> > >> > >> Alternately, add the directory containing the binary file to your > >> path. > >> This depends on the shell you are using; the default under Mandrake > >> should be bash (which is my own preference as well); do this: > >> > >> export PATH=$PATH:/opt/Revolution_dreamcard > >> > >> You will need to do that each time you open a terminal window unless > >> you add the line to .profile or .bash_profile in your home directory > >> (note the dot at the start of the filename -- that will cause the > >> files > >> to be hidden in most cases.) > >> > >>> > >>> Finally, I think Dreamcard (and Revolution) are very good products, > >>> but French users lack of a good documentation in their language. I > >>> hope there will be one. > >> > >> Can't help here -- I type in several languages (Transcript, Pascal, > >> Ada, BASIC, Java...), but I only speak one ;-) > >> > >>> > >>> Thank you very much beforehand > >>> > >>> Cordially > >>> > >>> M. Emmanuel YVES > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Utilisant le client e-mail r�volutionnaire d'Opera : > >>> http://www.opera.com/m2/ > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> use-revolution mailing list > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > >>> > >>> > >> ----------------------------------------------------------- > >> Frank D. Engel, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >> $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual > >> $ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16" > >> John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten > >> Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have > >> everlasting life. > >> $ > >> > >> > >> > >> ___________________________________________________________ > >> $0 Web Hosting with up to 120MB web space, 1000 MB Transfer > >> 10 Personalized POP and Web E-mail Accounts, and much more. > >> Signup at www.doteasy.com > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> use-revolution mailing list > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > use-revolution mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Frank D. Engel, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual > $ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16" > John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten > Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have > everlasting life. > $ > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > $0 Web Hosting with up to 120MB web space, 1000 MB Transfer > 10 Personalized POP and Web E-mail Accounts, and much more. > Signup at www.doteasy.com > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
