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1 Topic by ct2020 2010-07-26 22:11:29

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Topic: Adding a program to the menu [SOLVED]

Hi guys. N00bie here. I just put CrunchEEE on a Asus EEE pc 701 4gb and really enjoying it. Problem is I don't know linux that well. I've managed to play around and get OpenOffice running (need it for power point) and get a external monitor working. I even did the tweaks for CPU usage.

I don't find using the terminal command to launch the program very friendly so I set about following the instructions from this page:

http://crunchbanglinux.org/wiki/howto/f … o_the_menu

I think I followed them correctly, but when I hit the option in the menu it doesn't do anything...

This is the command line I find in /usr/bin:

exec /opt/openoffice.org3/program/soffice "$@"

and when I put that in the terminal it works fine. So that is the command I used in the GUI Menu Editor. It didn't work. Can anyone think about what I did wrong?

Thanks in advance

2 Reply by benj1 2010-07-26 23:49:20

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Re: Adding a program to the menu [SOLVED]

i can't see why using the file that contains 'exec /opt/openoffice.org3/program/soffice "$@"' wouldn't work, but failing that just
'/opt/openoffice.org3/program/soffice'
sould do the trick

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3 Reply by ct2020 2010-07-27 15:45:30

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Re: Adding a program to the menu [SOLVED]

benj1 wrote:

i can't see why using the file that contains 'exec /opt/openoffice.org3/program/soffice "$@"' wouldn't work, but failing that just
'/opt/openoffice.org3/program/soffice'
sould do the trick

Thanks! that worked. Not sure why it wouldn't work the other day. Has anyone changed the menu using the exec command line and had it work?

4 Reply by anonymous 2010-07-27 15:51:27

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Re: Adding a program to the menu [SOLVED]

I tried "exec terminator" in my Openbox menu and it didn't work. However I don't think exec should be used anyways.

exec man page wrote:

If exec is specified with command, it shall replace the shell with command without
creating a new process. If arguments are specified, they shall be arguments to
command. Redirection affects the current shell execution environment.

If you run "exec program" in a terminal then when you close the program the terminal will be closed as well.

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