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make a desktop shortcut in Linux? just wondering if there's a way to link the "/foo/LimeWire/sh runlime.sh" command to a desktop shortcut in KDE. i've tried all the stuff i could think of (granted i'm a newbie) but i can' t seem to get it to work. I must say that the install of 1.6 went very smoothly and very easily by the way and the program loads nicely on my k6-3-450 machine. Thanks |
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Desktop shortcut means an 'Icon' or a 'keyboard combination' like CRTL_ALT_Backspace ? Adding an application is quite simple (out of my head): From the KDE-Menu, click configure panel -> add application -> old program In case you start LW via the jre, choose the jre in /usr/java/where_it_is on the next tab, add the command line entries (something like -cp /opt/LW RunLimeWire) ...select a nice icon...thats it |
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Can't make a desktop link I've been trying to do this forever. A link to the application does not work. Whenever I click on the link, it just times out and Limewire does not appear. Limewire however, runs great from the terminal. And yes, I'm sure I made the link correctly (i think) :P |
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shortcut i'v e got several icons here and there that look pretty cool 'cause i chose a cool graphic, but none of them will start limewire (they don't seem to do a [inapropriate language deleted] thing as far as i can tell) Last edited by TruStarwarrior; September 10th, 2001 at 10:49 PM. |
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plz excuse inapropriate language sorry about the language - i didn't think what i wrote was terribly vulgar but i'm not in charge around here. i'll try not to use similar language in future posts. |
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have a look at the FAQ |
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oh, even more simple : you have to be in the limewire directory for Limewire to work. Your shortcut doesn't put you there. Well then, I edited runtime.sh and added a cd /home/(whatever path to your limewire dir) just after the text and before J2SE_PREEMPTCLOSE=1; export J2SE_PREEMPTCLOSE hard to make more simple ? |
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Yes, it does. The script is generic. It'll work no matter where LimeWire is installed. The line: cd `dirname $0` Changes to the LimeWire directory. The $0 variable returns the command used to execute the script. Then the script changes to ~/.limewire so limewire will write it's config files there. The idea is that you can install the LimeWire .tgz under /usr/local as root and then allow multiple users to run LimeWire with multiple configs. If you run the script with, say: sh runlime.sh Then $0 won't refer to the limewire directory. Run it like ./runlime.sh or /usr/local/LimeWire/runlime.sh. Or, as you suggested, write in the directory names manually. :-) Last edited by twist; September 21st, 2001 at 08:09 PM. |
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