Desktop program starter

[ingemar]

I am currently on Kubuntu 8.04.

On my desktop I have a Konsole icon with the properties
Command: konsole --vt_sz 200x50 -e python ~/mypath/myprog.py
Workpath: ~/mypath

One mouse click gets me a terminal window and in that terminal window is immediately started python, using mypath and executing myprog.py.



I have installed the Kubuntu 9.04 beta but I don't understand the way the desktop works.

Please, someone, teach me how to create a something and put it on my screen where one mouse click will then get me a terminal window immediately running the python interpreter on myprog.py

I know how to start a plain terminal window and I can type
$ cd ~/myprog
$ python myprog.py
but what I want is the one-click solution I have in 8.04

/ingemar

[Fintan]

Re: Desktop program starter

The only way I can think of under kde4.2 (at least for now) is:
rightclick kmenu->menueditor->add new item->name and erdit to your needs->save.

Now open up kmenu(kickoff) / lancelot and find the item you just created.

Drag / drop to desktop / panel as needed.

I hope this helps.

[Rog131]

Re: Desktop program starter

Another way to do it

Go to the /home/<Your_username>/Desktop

Make a text file (seed.desktop):

[Desktop Entry]
Categories=;
Exec=
GenericName=Important_note
Name=Note Me
X-KDE-StartupNotify=true
MimeType=
Icon=
Terminal=false
Type=Application

Drag&Drop the seed.desktop to the desktop

Right click the new icon > Icon Settings >

General - tab
- Icon settings
- Name settings

Application - tab
- command
- work path


Earlier > Topic: Files on Desktop

[ingemar]

Re: Desktop program starter

Thank you both!
It did not work right away but you inspired me.
When keeping the '--vt_sz 200x50' parameter to konsole like
I had in the Kubuntu 8.04 installation nothing would work.
After I removed that, konsole, python and my program would start
like i wanted.

[Desktop Entry]
Categories=;
Comment[sv]=
Comment=
Exec=konsole -e python /home/ingemar/FILSERVERN/ingemarfiler/Programmering/Linuxprojekt/johan/source/johan.py
GenericName[sv]=Important_note
GenericName=Important_note
Icon=konsole
MimeType=
Name[sv]=johan
Name=johan
Path=/home/ingemar/FILSERVERN/ingemarfiler/Programmering/Linuxprojekt/johan/source
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
TerminalOptions=
Type=Application
X-DBUS-ServiceName=
X-DBUS-StartupType=
X-KDE-StartupNotify=true
X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false
X-KDE-Username=

However, my main program, johan.py, has code to start a number of other python routines
in the same folder. All I get now are messages that the programs cannot be found.

The python code works well in 8.04 - and also in 9.04 when I hand-start a konsole
window and then CD to the folder and type
$ python johan.py

So I guess some code in 9.04 is not handling the Path parameter of the desktop file.

/ingemar