How to start a program that must be run from a shell

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Fr, den 01.04.2005 schrieb Alexander Dalloz um 2:07:

> a) Edit ~/.bashrc with an editor of choice and add an alias line.
> alias foo='xterm -e top'
> This as an example. You will have to source the changed .bashrc file by
> running
> . ~/.bashrc     or      source ~/.bashrc
> If you then enter "foo" (without quotes) either in the console, xterm or
> the starter box queried with Alt+F2, an xterm will open with top running
> in it.

Correction: aliases do not work from an application starter box invoked
by Alt+F2.

Alexander


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