GNOME Launcher - Startin directory?

[jim lawrence]

On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 09:07:06 -0500, James Pifer <jep at obrien-pifer.com> wrote:
> Is there any way to specify some type of "Start in" directory when using
> a gnome launcher? Here's the problem:
> 
> I'm trying to setup a launcher for ldapbrowser since I use it quite a
> bit. For those unfamiliar with ldapbrowser there's normally a script
> file you run called Lbe.sh that's located in the ldapbrowser directory,
> wherever you put it. Ldapbrowser stores it's configuration files in this
> directory so if you run it using the script all is fine.
> 
> I tried running the script from a launcher and it just bombs, even if I
> tell it to run it in a terminal. So I just decided to run what the
> script does in the launcher:
> java
> -Xbootclasspath/p:/home/myuser/ldapbrowser/lib/ldap.jar:/home/myuser/ldapbrowser/lib/jndi.jar:/home/myuser/ldapbrowser/lib/providerutil.jar:/home/myuser/ldapbrowser/lib/ldapbp.jar -jar /home/myuser/ldapbrowser/lbe.jar
> 
> ldapbrowser runs but doesn't run from the ldapbrowser directory so it
> doesn't find any of my config files. In my previous Windows life I would
> specify a "Start in" directory. How do I accomplish the same thing here?


did you try   preference--->more preferences--->sessions 
click the 3rd tab  and add a new command if "ldabrowser" is the
command,  the app will get launched upon login.  Is this what you were
asking?

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Jim Lawrence
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