[K12OSN] gcompris, childsplay, tuxtype in windows

[David Trask]

That's the hard way....simply log in as root.....fire up alacarte menu
editor (you may need to install it first....  yum install alacarte)  and
simply edit the command for the menu item by adding the   -window   switch
or whatever is called for at the end of the command.   Click close and
you're done.  :-)  Changes made in the GUI as root in K12LTSP in most
cases are system wide.  (alacarte also works in Ubuntu...etc...it's a
Gnome menu editor)


"Support list for open source software in schools." <k12osn at redhat.com>
writes:
>I've recently been told that folks are having trouble running
>gcompris, childsplay, and tuxtype on thin clients because the
>default fullscreen modes don't always work, and editing the menus
>system-wide is proving to be a burden.
>
>Here are a couple of ways to address this problem:
>1. (for Gnome, not sure about KDE but I expect it's similar if not
>   identical...?)
>   Edit /usr/share/applications/<application-name>.desktop and change
>   the "Exec" line to include the necessary argument.
>   For example, edit fedora-childsplay.desktop to have the following
>   line:
>   Exec=childsplay --window
>2. create an application wrapper script
>   This isn't the preferred way to solve this problem, as it will at
>   least break on upgrade, if not break the upgrade.
>   This involves moving the actual application over and putting
>   a same-name wrapper script in its place, so the menu option will
>   execute the wrapper script, which will in turn execute the
>   newly-renamed original application with the requisite argument:
>   $ su - (or "sudo su -" for Ubuntu)
>   $ cd /usr/bin/
>   $ mv gcompris gcompris.original
>   $ gedit gcompris
>
>Make this new 'gcompris' file contain the following:
>
>--------------------------------------
>#!/bin/bash
>/usr/bin/gcompris.original -window $*
>--------------------------------------
>   $ chmod 755 /usr/bin/gcompris
>
>   The system menus are configured to execute /usr/bin/gcompris, which
>   is now a wrapper script that executes "gcompris.original -window".
>
>IIRC, gcompris needs "-window", but tuxtype and childsplay need
>"--window". You can easily try this on the command line before you put
>it in place, and of course you'll want to test it from the menu after
>you put a solution in place.
>
>--matt
>
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David N. Trask
Technology Teacher/Director
Vassalboro Community School
dtrask at vcsvikings.org
(207)923-3100