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#1 2010-03-22 23:51:24
- ScottArch
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How do I add a menu item to start a terminal program
Hi folks,
Simple one, how do I start a terminal program from a menu item?
Cheers,
Scott
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#2 2010-03-22 23:54:19
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Re: How do I add a menu item to start a terminal program
It would depend on which wm or de you are using.
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#3 2010-03-23 00:46:11
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Re: How do I add a menu item to start a terminal program
In any WM or DE, when you add an entry to the menu, you specify the command. So, just use the command to open the desired program in a new terminal window. For instance, to add "vim", since I use the "urxvt" terminal emulator...
urxvt -e vim
If you use terminator it would be "terminator -e vim", etc.
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#4 2010-03-23 01:11:51
- cesura
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Re: How do I add a menu item to start a terminal program
Well in openbox, you edit /home/whatever/.config/openbox/menu.xml, but because you haven't specified a WM or DE, I can't help
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#5 2010-03-23 10:58:36
- ScottArch
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Re: How do I add a menu item to start a terminal program
Thanks folks,
Sorry, It's KDE. I want to be able to open a command line DVORAK keyboard tutor in the terminal from the menu. I was writing it on my DVORAK keyboard, big mistake as it takes ages to write a post at the mo. Normally I do give a bit more info...
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#6 2010-03-23 19:58:02
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Re: How do I add a menu item to start a terminal program
right/alternate click the menu icon in kde, then click menu editor. Then you can make your own shortcut
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#7 2010-03-23 22:13:35
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Re: How do I add a menu item to start a terminal program
I am back home now so I can try it. Nice one austin.rbn, it was just that kind of feeding one command in to another I was after. In my case konsole -e dvorakng opens a console and starts the command line keyboard tutor.
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#8 2010-03-24 20:02:55
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Re: How do I add a menu item to start a terminal program
you could still create a menu shortcut for that if you want. I have several like that. Example
I have vim set to open with xterm by a menu shortcut that I then placed on the bar for quick access
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#9 2010-03-24 20:21:11
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Re: How do I add a menu item to start a terminal program
Sorry, I meant konsole -e dvorakng as a menu item.
Cheers orphius,
Scott
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