I am trying to make an app launcher for Ubuntu which replaces the top bar (default) in gnome. It will be a menu system in the middle of the screen which you would click on parts to bring up lists of apps and locations. What would be the easiest way to do this, and in which code?
View 2 RepliesI recently downloaded Storybook, and using the default storybook.sh from the terminal, or from nautilus works fine launching the application. The command being ./storybook.sh. I have the file set to allow executing the file as a program.The various combinations I've tried in the launcher include:
Code:
/home/tim/storybook/storybook.sh
sh /home/tim/storybook/storybook.sh
[code]....
Would it be possible to make a launcher that checks if a tab with a specified address is open and if it is just opens the browser with the tab selected... if not opens a new tab with the specified address?Not sure if checking chromiums open tabs is possible... maybe this would need a extension of some sort!
View 1 Replies View RelatedI had a problem with viewing webcams on Skype, and after searching I found out that running Skype through the terminal with this command "export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 && skype" makes the webcams work perfectly. What I wanted to do was to integrate this command into the main menu so that I won't have to type it into the terminal (and thus keep the terminal open all the session) every time I want to use Skype. So I edited the command of the Skype button in the Applications menu and put that line instead of "skype", but it gives me "Failed to execute child process "export" (No such file or directory)". I tried editing .bashrc and added the following line:
alias skp='export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 && skype'
Now the command 'skp' works through the terminal, but it gives me the same error message when I put it into the command line of the applications menu.
I run a program by executing this command in a terminal screen.Code:coco@coco-desktop:~/Escritorio/MO_1.10/MagnumOpus$ java -jar MagnumOpus.jarSince it is a bit tedious, I tried to create a launcher. I copied the above code into the Command box. The launcher is created, but fails to run the program. Instead I get an error message.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI am trying to create a launcher in Fedora 13 which will run a simple script named proj4a. I run this script from the command line as follows: $ /home/enowak/proj4a >/home/enowak/proj4a_out where proj4a is an executable file in my home directory and the output goes into a file, proj4a_out, in my home directory. Everything works fine.
I created a launcher called Proj4a and in the command field I entered the following: '/home/enowak/proj4a >/home/enowak/proj4a_out' When I click on the launcher it comes back with the following: There was an error launching the application. Details: Failed to execute child process "/home/enowak/proj4a >/home/enowak/proj4a_out" (No such file or directory) I can't for the life of me figure out what is wrong here. Does anybody see what I'm missing?
For some reason the general launcher button (+ in circle) in the unity menu has disappeared. I do not know how to restore it. Which means I have great problems to start al apps that are not standard in the menu.
View 1 Replies View RelatedHow do you access preferences for changing size of the launcher bar or icon size, etc? I looked through system settings and could not find it.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI'd like to make a launcher that starts a couple of programs at once. When I switch my brain into 'work mode' I'd like one click to start evolution, firefox and sunbird.
View 2 Replies View Relatedhow to add apps to the launcher?
View 5 Replies View RelatedOn Xubuntu, I right click something like I did on Ubuntu, to add to panel.. It just clicks the program. There is NO options when I right click a program in Applications. It's frustrating.. re's an incredibly unnecessary way that is different than Ubuntu to put an application to my panel.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI really like the ubuntu netbook launcher sidebar. I would like to add and remove some of the launchers. Anyone know how I would go about doing this?
View 1 Replies View Relatedi was wondering, and maybe hoping, if there was any way i can create a launcher to open a program that must be ran in terminal for it to run. i don't really like opening terminal and going to the program's location to launch it, so is there any way for this to work?
View 5 Replies View Relatedi upgraded to 11.04 but the deastop interface is same as 10.10the new launcher panel in 11.04 as shown in webpage is not visible.
View 1 Replies View RelatedHow do I turn off 'Launcher' in v11.04 ? I need to get into 'Classic' mode but do not know how to.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI installed the new ubuntu with unity. I then used compizconfig to edit some stuff. I wanted the launcher to be in the bottom and always show.
However, after I did this i ended up with:
how to fix this? I don't know how to open a terminal, a webpage since I don't have a dock or launcher. I'm using ubuntu through classic now.
I need a to add a few daily used applications (filezilla, chrome etc) to the launch bar. is there any way that i can move the top bar to bottom.
View 3 Replies View RelatedIt seems as if I've really done myself in this time. I recently upgraded to 11.04 from 10.10.trouble (not showing titlebars after I had trie to enable the "desktop cube" feature) so I decided the best plan of action was to get rid of Compiz. That turned out to be a mistake. Now I have no launcher or taskbar, and since I'm somewhat, well, inept at this so far I have no idea how to get my desktop back in working order.e managed to install compiz and emerald once again, but I can't get to the startup application editor to make it run automatically. Is there a way to get the default desktop environment handler to kick back in?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI am trying to drag and drop the terminal into the launcher, but it doesn't show up when I let go of it.
And when terminal is open, it isn't showing up in the launcher either.
How can I fix this?
I made a shell script to launch dr. java that works fine, but when I try to make it a launcher, it does nothing. This is the script:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
java -jar drjava-stable-20100913-r5287.jar;
Why is the launcher being difficult?
I re-arranged and added some new icons into the launcher bar at the top of the screen.However the gap between the icons is much wider than initailly at the beginning.I fizzled around for a while but manually dragging does not help.How can I reduce the minimum gap?How can I tell Ubuntu: "Put all current icons in row with minimum distance (=1 pixel)"?
View 1 Replies View RelatedWhy can I NOT drag a Launcher to Cairo-dock.I know I did it once before.I tried to uninstall /reinstalled, reboot ect. No Luck.
View 5 Replies View Relatedshell scripting and launchers. i need to make a launcher for launching terminal, runing in it some commands and after completion i need to close terminal window.in terminal i need tu run such commands:
$fpc test.pas
$./test
and then it would be nice that the terminal automaticaly closes
I want the gnome screenshot program to open after a 3 sec wait in select area mode.command line $ sleep 3s; gnome-screenshot --areaworksWhen I create a launcher for panel with the same commands it does nothing.I know there are many other ways to do this, GIMP, ImageMagick ....(excellent tutorial)[URL]But, I need to understand why this will not work, and why I must use a script (which I can easily create)instead
View 5 Replies View RelatedI installed MIRO with apt-get and it installed just great. But where is it? No launcher anywhere on the system. I can find files belonging to MIRO all over the file system but how/what/where? how to launch MIRO now it's installed?
View 1 Replies View RelatedBecause the on/off switch vanished from my task bar, I managed to delete it. It did warn me. Anyway, I can't get it back and I don't know where anything is. I have a second user account but Ctl+Alt+Del doesn't even give me a logout option! Bad. ubuntu version 10.04
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have Ubuntu 10.04, i like it, but im hoping to beable to use the netbook launcher in it. Is this possible and if it is how?
View 1 Replies View RelatedYou know when you right click the screen and you can make a launcher with a custom command? Okay...how would I do that from the terminal?
View 6 Replies View RelatedSo I saw there was a button on update manager that said new version available. I say what the heck, I'll upgrade. I am (was) using 9.10 netbook remix. After I did a few tweaks with synaptic etc to get the upgrade to go through, I am left with no launcher, and an error popping up saying cannot load applet GNOME-GoHome (or similar).
Did the automatic upgrade thing just install desktop 10.04 over my 9.10 NBR?
How the heck do I fix this? Should I burn an ISO of 10.04 netbook and attempt to upgrade from there?
I cannot lose the files that are on this partition, I have access to them currently and would like to keep them available.
ubuntu 9.10
I am working on a custom install preseed. Part of the process is creating a file: /home/bholt/.config/autostart/starter.sh
That way on first boot, this will execute and continue my custom process.
But it does not start. After boot if I go double click it it runs fine.
And one time it did auto start correctly. But I don't know what I did to break it.
All i can think is I changed starter.sh to in turn start something else rather than just run itself.